• A Fantasy Quest Rooted in Polynesian Culture with Makiia Lucier - Dragonfruit

  • Apr 15 2024
  • Length: 46 mins
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A Fantasy Quest Rooted in Polynesian Culture with Makiia Lucier - Dragonfruit

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  • Marissa chats with Makiia Lucier about her new romantic YA fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology, DRAGONFRUIT. Also discussed in this episode: writing by hand in notebooks, what it’s like to revise and resubmit to an agent, the advantage of keeping early writing a secret, the joy of research and using it to build lush worlds and believable fantastical creatures, how characters can surprise even the writer, the huge evolution in story and characters from first to final draft, writing standalones versus series, and so much more!

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