There's a Norse god in my head and his name is...
Loki.
He's
in there, and when you have a trickster god inside your head 12 days
before launch day, things get just a little...chaotic.
Writing
Trickster's Law may have been one of the most entertaining writes of
my life. The pure sass between Loki and Thor had me in hysterics as I
wrote...Mr. A even thinks he might read this one! (A minor miracle in
itself!).
There was a LOT of research that went into this
one. When I was approached by the other authors in the NOT SO EVIL
series to write a villain's origin story, my mind immediately went
the way of Loki. But I didn't want to write Marvel's version (thought
it's totally acceptable to imagine him as Tom Hiddleston).
Why?
Because of copyright, for a start. But also because that Loki has
been done by some amazing writers already...you know, Stan, to start
with...but also because I wanted to show Loki in a light he hadn't
been drawn as in popular media. To really show what makes him not so
evil.
Research during 2020 took a slightly different turn
to my usual interviews and library trawling; I had two different
translations of the Poetic Edda open for the entire write, and while
there are lots of old legends in there, they certainly took on a life
of their own! Plus, there's a fair bit of romance in there because,
well, it's me.
To date there have been a lot of
laugh out loud moments amongst my team and I made two betas cry.
Which made me feel better, because I cried writing that last chapter
too - and no, not sharing because...spoilers :)
So I hope
you enjoy reading Trickster's Law as Loki will always have a very
special place with me.
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