On the flipside, Cayo is bisexual and not discreet about it at all. She doesn’t feel attraction for people right away she needs time to break down her barriers and to work toward trusting the person first. I wrote Amaya as demisexual, partly because it reflected my desire to see more demi main characters and partly because it just felt right for her. That being said, I wanted a world where homophobia just never came up/wasn’t an issue, so there are nonbinary and trans folks who can present however they want to without fear. Writing queerness in fantasy books is always a little difficult when it comes to terminology, because you don’t want to throw the reader out of the setting. Could you share a little about both Amaya and Cayo’s identities and writing them in the context of your world? Queerness is part of Scavenge the Stars for both main characters in very different ways.

I know how a character should stab another in ten different fatal ways, but that was the thing that tripped me up most. The thing that was hardest to write was anything involving money laundering. There’s a chapter toward the end of the book where he does something kinda stupid (I won’t spoil it, of course) and that was honestly my favorite chapter to write out of the whole book. Thank you! I think my favorite part to write was any situation in which Cayo was utterly useless. What was your favorite part of it to right, and what was way harder than people would imagine? Happy new year! We’re thrilled to be kicking off 2020 with none other than Tara Sim, author of the Timekeeper series and the brand-new series opener Scavenge the Stars, which releases on January 7! Clearly, she’s someone fans of queer fantasy have got to know, so please give her a warm welcome to LGBTQReads!Ĭongrats on the new release! Scavenge the Stars is built around the ultimate revenge fantasy, which is just so much fun.

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