And though she didn't say it outright, I knew what had to happen. I had been holding back, not wanting it all to end. And then I had to face the truth: Jen was totally right, and I was totally wrong. It took me four days to finally get up the courage to read through the editorial letter, and then I cried for four more. Let's wait for Jen.' I was certain Jen would love it. 'The ending! Isn't it great?' I didn't want to hear about the other stuff.

'I think you'll need to make some changes,' he said, 'but let's see what Jen has to say.' I was overjoyed to go to the editing stages, and I polished it up, nice and shiny. And I was so glad to be finished with the hard part-there was no way on earth that I could ever do that again. I cried through half of it, but it felt good to me. I sat down for five weeks, wrote my heart out, and surfaced again with a finished draft. I needed to be in the right place in my head before I could start.įinally, one day in August 2008, I could procrastinate no longer. Not only would it have to be a perfect ending to a trilogy, but I'd have to attack it without transferring my own sad feelings onto the pages. I knew that once I started, I'd have to go underground like I always do when I write a book-I just attack it full on and write until I'm crooked and crazy every day for a month or six weeks or so, surfacing to order takeout or absent mindedly say hello to my children and husband. Writing Gone, knowing it was the end, was so difficult that I procrastinated quite ferociously. As Janie uncovers his secret past, she begins to realize that the choice thought she had has more dire consequences than she ever imagined.Ī Note to Readers from Author Lisa McMann

Things get even more complicated when she meets her father for the very first time-and he's in a coma. But deep down she's panicking about how she's going to survive her future when getting sucked into other people's dreams is really starting to take its toll. Things should be great for Janie-she has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she's totally in love with. The third and final book in the paranormal teen series that includes The New York Times bestseller Wake and Fade.

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