Q&A with Cathy Marie Buchanan

From my Q&A with Cathy Marie Buchanan, author of Daughter of Black Lake:

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

The title Daughter of Black Lake works on a few levels. Hobble is daughter to Black Lake’s healer, Devout. The pair of them narrate the story and their relationship is central to the book. And with that old adage about it taking a village to raise a child, Hobble can be thought of as daughter to the entire community of bog dwellers at Black Lake. Lastly, in a way that readers will not appreciate until the final pages of the book, Hobble can be thought of as, quite literally, the daughter of Black Lake.

What's in a name?

We’ve all met people with the surname Carpenter or Hunter, or perhaps with the first name Grace or Charity. We know many...[read on]

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