I honestly didn’t know where to start with this book. I didn’t know where I wanted Deanna to go, how I wanted her journey to advance and end. I will tell you these two secrets. Secret #1: Jeremy originally was going to die. I’m very glad I saved his life. It gave me a surreal feeling of being in control of something, a feeling I very rarely experience—plus, it gave him and Deanna a more complete journey. Secret #2: I had written in Mike losing his fingers, Marcus cutting them off during the interrogation period. All of them. When my husband found out, he blew his lid. Literally. Pulled over the car, wouldn’t drive another step forward, and made me promise to change the scene. Right then. Wouldn’t drive to the restaurant for dinner until it was changed. And for me, withholding dinner is cruelty of the nth degree.
He was right. It would have been cruel to take Mike’s fingers. Sometimes my mind jumps full force out into darkness and I have to crawl my way back up the cliff to sanity. What’s crazy is that I really like Mike. Again, like with Jeremy, I’m glad that I revised the story. Thank you, my wonderful husband, for forcing the issue.
Deanna. I love this chick. I really do. When I first wrote The Girl in 6E, I had never planned on it having a sequel. Yet here one is, and honestly? I might love this book more than the first. And… after having this extra time in her head, I can’t let her go again, not just yet. Look for more of Deanna in late 2015—I can’t wait for you to see what happens next in her world.
Until the next story…
A. R. Torre