{"id":697,"date":"2012-09-07T15:05:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T15:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swoontini.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2012-09-07T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T15:05:31","slug":"swoontini-interview-michelle-hodkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinalaurenbooks.com\/Clo2\/2012\/09\/swoontini-interview-michelle-hodkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Swoontini Interview: Michelle Hodkin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, sweeties!! How are you? How was your summer? We’ve missed you. Why are you all so pretty???<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now some of you might remember the Swoony Boy Alert we did for Noah Shaw<\/a>, from THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER<\/a>. And if so, then you probably got that we’re a *little* smitten with him. Well today we have a special treat because the author, Michelle Hodkin is here and OMGSHESTHEMOSTADORABLETHINGEVER.<\/p>\n

Lo & C: HI MICHELLE! *<\/strong>tacklesssss*\u00a0Oh, sorry. Meep. Let us just\u2026 help you back up. *dusts of Michelle*
\nYou\u2019ll have to forgive us for fangirling, but you see\u2026 we happen to like swoony boys around here. A LOT. And Noah has to be one of the best swoons in YA. How quickly did his character come to you? Did you feel like he grew as you wrote, or did he start out ALL NOAH ALL THE TIME pretty much from the first line?
\n<\/strong>MH: I love that you love him \ud83d\ude42 Noah developed as I wrote; I had a solid handle on Mara from the beginning, and knew, because of who she was and how she would end up, who Noah would have to be and how he would have to seem when the story began in order for their dynamic to work. But there was so much that I learned about him as I wrote and I\u2019m still learning about him, to be honest. He\u2019s definitely the character who surprises me most.<\/p>\n

Lo & C: You\u2019ve said that The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer was the first book you ever wrote. Does that mean there are no forgotten or incomplete manuscripts in the drawer somewhere?
\n<\/strong>MH: That is what it means\u2026don\u2019t hate me? I had an idea and started writing the book that night. It just poured out.<\/p>\n

Of course, about 3\/4 of the way in I realized that I had to throw out almost all of it. And then I did that again a few more times. So I did pay my dues in revisions.<\/p>\n

Lo & C: thank god, we were worried we might have to break up with you over that one. CRISIS. AVERTED.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, Michelle? The book trailer for MARA DYER is um\u2026 sort of\u2026well\u2026 how to put this delicately\u2026 SMOKIN.\u00a0<\/strong>Did it fit your image of the book (and perhaps more importantly, would that be considered an accurate portrayal of Noah\u2019s abs???)<\/strong>
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