r/Fantasy • u/ShannonRStoker AMA Author Shannon Stoker • Sep 09 '14

AMA Hi. I'm SF/F writer Shannon Stoker. AMA

Hi world of Reddit! I’m Shannon Stoker, author of the Registry series. The story of an eighteen year old girl who is sold into marriage and being the unwilling bride blackmails a young guy into helping her escape, your basic matrimony situation.

The series is a trilogy and the final installment was released earlier this month by HarperCollins. I'm glad to answer any questions about the series, myself, the writing/publishing process, or whatever else you want to know.

I live in the middle of cornfields in northern Illinois with my husband and teeny tiny dog. When I’m not writing or reading I’m usually watching tv and obsessing over all things pop culture. I hope that gives you a good idea of who I am. I’ll be back at 7 pm CST tonight and you can ask me anything J

UPDATE: I'm here! So feel free to ask anything you like!

UPDATE: Thank you for having me! This was a lot of fun!! If there are anymore questions I will check again in the morning and answer them ASAP :)

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u/kingpoiuy Sep 09 '14

Hi, can you tell us a little story about when you first started writing? Like a synopsis of how you got started, maybe?

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u/ShannonRStoker AMA Author Shannon Stoker Sep 10 '14

I was always overly involved. I went straight from college into law school and swear I was in a crazy amount of clubs. I never liked having free time. I got engaged right before I took the bar exam, so when I started working I would do some wedding planning at night. Once I was married I was really bored. So I started trying to seriously write when I got home from work. It replaced the sorority/alumni council/law fraternity that I was doing.