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Jessica Ward | Heathers Meets Girl Interrupted – A Dark Academe Suspense Story
Author Guest / July 18, 2023

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE ST. AMBROSE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? This is Heathers meets Girl Interrupted, a dark academe suspense story. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I didn’t- it was what Sarah M. Taylor, the main character, showed me- a prep school in New England in the early nineties.  She came to me in a dream, and I knew I had to write her story- though I had no idea where it was going to take me! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely.  In fact, after writing Sarah’s story in first person, I feel like I did! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Weak, strong, and resilient.  I know the first two are contradictory! 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That if you wake up two hours earlier, every day, you can accomplish a lot even with a heavy workload already going on. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? It depends on how bad the daily drafting is!  If it’s really rough, I’ll go back,…