And the journey has been amazing– Two agents, six years, and uncountable drafts of the manuscript before it found its way onto store shelves. But it took me a long time to actually get serious about it and write.I think I was 34 when I started writing The Loop. So Ben and Maggie make a lot of the same decisions (and mistakes) that I would.ĭid you always know you wanted to be a writer? What was the journey like with publishing your book? It’s difficult to imagine how a character will react in a given situation without first putting yourself in there and seeing how it plays out in your head. I suppose I see some of myself in Benjamin, and maybe some in Maggie, too. How did you come up with the characters? Do you see yourself in any of them? Not saying that the time loop concept is all that original, but it seemed pretty fresh at the time. I was just trying to come up with something new, and I didn’t want to write about monsters, or vampires or zombies or anything else that was already out there.

What gave you the inspiration to write THE LOOP? And there’d be a pictogram of a little stick-figure guy with a book halfway down his throat and he’s making that mime-sign for “I’m choking.” I think it’s important that people read, and not eat, my book. If your book had a WARNING! label on it, what would it say? Thank you so much for stopping by the Books That Glow: YA & MG 2013 event hosted by Richa at City of Books and I to answer some questions about yourself and your book!

The loop by shandy lawson