Q&A with H. G. Parry

From my Q&A with H. G. Parry, author of A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians:

How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

I love the title—I can say that, because it was my agent's idea, and all I can take credit for is jumping on it. A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a twist on the 1789 "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen," so it's highlighting two things: that the story takes place around the French Revolution, and that it's a version of that history with magic. It also highlights that the book centres around people fighting for various rights and freedoms, and that the pages contain a fair amount of politics and pamphlets and...[read on]

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