So when some of my fellow mentees suggested we create a blog
hop about why we wrote our Pitch Wars novel, I was excited to participate.
There were two things I wanted to do when I first got the
idea for my book. First, I wanted to write a book that was primarily about the
friendships between girls. Yes, there is a smidgen of romance in my book, but
the important relationships are between four girls who have been friends for
most of their lives.
Second, I had read THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, and I’d been
beyond impressed at the way that Matthew Quick wrote a story about something
that was serious (mental illness and traumatic brain injury) that was
simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious. It seems like even the saddest
things are usually also pretty funny, and for a long time I wanted to write
something about a serious topic (an attempted suicide) in a funny way. When my four main characters (Rosie, Ket,
Jenna, and Elin) began to take shape in my mind, I knew right away that I
wanted to make people laugh just as much (if not more) than I wanted to make
them cry.
So that’s it! My main reasons for writing my book. I hope
you all get to read it someday.
