It seems odd to say empathy when it would seem Maggie has very little a lot of the time – but to me, it was always there and Quentin brought it out in her and gave her the strength to acknowledge it. Their inherent empathy and strength of character. What makes Maggie and Quentin as compatible as they are? Schedules can work like that sometimes and for me it worked out for the best.ĭid you listen to any particular songs while you were writing book two? Corruption became more about the character development and for me, that involved a lot of time alone with my computer.ĭid you take a break between writing Disruption and Corruption or did you pen them back to back?Ī bit of a break because I actually wrote Empower in between the two even though it came out before Disruption. The research trip to Arlington really covered the work for both novels and fed the groundwork. Was there anything you researched specifically for Corruption? You did some pretty cool research for Disruption (flying to Arlington to chat to an ex-CIA agent comes to mind).
But I’m also more experienced with each book I write and I feel the challenge I set myself by confining Maggie’s story to only two books in Disruption and Corruption allowed me to concentrate the plot and emotional content at times to create maximum impact. Both were emotional endings because I’m an emotional writer.
But it is hard to compare it to the experience and emotion invested in Corruption. With that and the build up of four books before Empower, it was definitely emotional. The VEC series is unique in that is will always be my first series. Was one more emotional than the other to finish? This is the second series you’ve completed in just a year – the final book in The Violet Eden Chapters/Embrace series was published in November 2013 and now we have Corruption in November 2014. Obviously it was my intention to line up some similarities between M-corp and companies like Apple – but it was definitely eerie to see how quickly the technology seems to be moving forward in just the time it took to write the book. Were you weirded out by the similarities between the Apple watch and the M-band?Ībsolutely. And yes, I’m a little exhausted – but in that good I’ve-just-been-for-a-hard-run kind of way. The secret is that I absolutely love what I do. One: What’s your secret? Two: Are you exhausted yet? This is your eighth published book since 2010. When futuristic thriller Disruption came out in April this year, readers were blown away by the action-packed story, the twists and turns, the awesomeness of heroine Maggie Stevens and that killer of a cliffhanger.Ĭorruption is the epic conclusion to the duology and we’re thrilled to have the fabulous Jessica Shirvington here with us to answer all our very important questions.
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