Strictly a planner when it comes to writing, so I still kept a lot of the The whole thing ended, and how the various plot beats hung together. Of writing, this mostly meant that I had to have a reasonably good idea of how With the Winnowing Flame, I wanted to do something that truly was a three-bookĪrc – mostly just to challenge myself, because I’m stupid like that. Own arcs and such across the series, but each book had its own plots and settings.
What you would say is the biggest change in your approach to writing when comparing The Copper Cat and The Winnowing Flame?Ĭopper Cat books were mostly stand-alone adventures. There are giant bats, oodles of mythical creatures and a lot of things being set on fire.
Aiding her on her quest is Tormalin the Oathless, one of the last of a dying race of near immortals, and Noon, an escaped prisoner with some explosive secrets of her own. The world of Sarn is periodically invaded by terrible insectoid creatures called the Jure’lia, and the scholar and adventurer Lady Vincenza ‘Vintage’ de Grazon wants to find out what they bloody well want, and just possibly, how she can stop it. It is best described, I think, as weird epic fantasy with SF elements. The Winnowing Flame trilogy is my second series with Headline. Wrote The Copper Promise, which got me an agent (the brilliant Juliet Mushens) From there I wrote several ‘learning’ books until I It was dreadful,Ī kind of Terry Pratchett knock off where I couldn’t decide who the mainĬharacter was, but I did at least get to the end of it, and it turned out to be Loosely tie together, and from there I wrote my first full novel. Well, like most writers I’ve been writing for as longĪs I can remember – the first birthday presents I remember asking for was aĭesk, and then a bit later, a typewriter – but I mostly wrote short stories forĪ long time, believing that an entire book would be beyond my abilities.Įventually though, in my early twenties, I wrote a few scenes that began to Would you mind telling our readers a little bit about yourself and The Winnowing Flame? Let’s talk about you and your new book – The Poison Song concludes The Winnowing Flame trilogy, and the reviews are filled with praise. My other favourite places are all pubs, and there are too many to History Museum, Borough Market (the best doughnuts), and lovely, lively Southīank. Other highlights include Hyde Park, the Natural Particular area where I live is lively, odd, arty, and smells continually ofįried chicken. Live in southeast London, and unsurprisingly it’s my favourite bit. Our editor Olivia Hofer talked with her about living in London, how and when she started writing, working in Grimdark niche, not repeating herself, and Super Relaxed Book Club. Jen Williams, fantasy writer and Dragon Age obsessive, is the author of The Copper Cat Trilogy and The Winnowing Flame series.
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