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Reader Q&A
questions that readers ask...
Note: The answers to these questions contain spoilers and span all the books in the Black Jewels series.
- About the Black Jewels stories
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Q. Could you list the castes and the order of the Jewels for audio book listeners?
A. Check out the Hierarchy/Castes and Jewels page.
Q. Will there be more Black Jewels stories?
A. Not for a while. I'm currently working on a new series and need to stay focused on that world and those characters. However, I've noticed that the Black Jewels characters tend to come back when they have a story to tell, so I expect to see them again someday.
Q. On the audio books for Tangled Webs and The Shadow Queen, why does Jaenelle have an Irish
accent?
A. My bad. :) When we discussed voices, I suggested using the accent to make Jaenelle's voice distinct
from the other female characters. However, after I heard it, I realized it was a perfect accent for
Khardeen and Morghann but didn't suit Jaenelle. So we changed her voice for the other audio books.
Q. What do Scelties look like?
A. They look like Shetland Sheepdogs, which are also called Shelties.
Q. Did you base the sweetened cheese dessert that Daemon ate in The Shadow
Queen on a real
dessert?
A. I made that up, but I was thinking of the equivalent of a cheesecake that
had chocolate and raspberry.
Q. What makes a witch a queen? Is it psychic strength?
A. No, it's not psychic strength, since a Queen can wear a light Jewel. Like Warlord Princes, a Queen is born into that caste, and the attributes that make her a Queen are there at her birth.
Q. Does every Queen expect to eventually rule something, even if it's just one village?
A. That is the expectation, although not all Queens can form an official court. The ones whose personality or behavior prevents an official court from forming don't rule anything. (An official court is formed when a minimum of twelve males agree to serve a Queen. Three of those men will become the Queen's Triangle and serve as her Steward, Master of the Guard, and Consort or First Escort.)
Q. Will Daemon and Jaenelle have children?
A. The answer to that is in "The High Lord's Daughter," one of the stories in Twilight's Dawn.
Q. What happened to Falonar?
A. The answer to that is in "Shades of Honor," one of the stories in Twilight's Dawn.
Q. What happened to Graysfang?
A. Since Surreal prefers city life, which would not be good
for a wolf, Graysfang joined Tassle's pack and stayed in Ebon
Rih.
Q. Whatever happened to Della, the girl
who was rescued by Kaelas and KaeAskavi?
A. Karla adopted her.
Q. Is there a recipe for nutcakes?
A. Not that I created. I was picturing something like a nutbread baked in a cake pan and cut into squares. Note: Since each race would make use of the nuts from their part of the Realms, nutcakes made in different Territories wouldn't be exactly alike. (There is more than one kind of cookie on Earth, right?) Bottom line? Make what you think would taste good and have fun.
About Twilight's Dawn
Q. Is this the last Black Jewels book?
A. These stories were intended to answer some of the questions readers have been asking for several years, particularly about what happens to Daemon after Jaenelle is gone. But the story isn't meant to be the end of the series or the end of the stories about the characters we know. I've been immersed in the Black Jewels world for four straight years, so it's time to take a break and work on other stories for a while. But I will come back to the Realms when the Blood are ready to share more stories, and those stories could take place before the events in "The High Lord's Daughter," and Jaenelle and Daemon might be part of them.
Q. Since Jaenelle Saetien acquired Twilight's Dawn at her Birthright Ceremony, what Jewel could she receive at the Offering to the Darkness?
A. The Twilight's Dawn that Jaenelle Saetien received ranged from Rose to Green. So the darkest Jewel she could possibly receive at the Offering to the Darkness is the Gray.
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About the Tir Alainn stories
Q. Will you be writing another story
in the World of the Fae?
A. I hope to visit that world again, but I don't know yet.
About the Ephemera stories
- Q. Will you be writing another story
in Ephemera?
A. Yes. Bridge of Dreams is scheduled to come out March 2012.
About Writing
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