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Midnight Rose by C.W. Rose

  What first inspired you to start writing, and why did you choose romantasy as your genre? I can’t pinpoint an exact moment I knew I wanted to be a writer, I know I’ve always been an avid reader. I loved contemporary, fantasy, romance (when I was a teenager and older) novels. At some point, I began to wonder ‘what if this story ended differently?’ or ‘what if the characters were from a different ethnic background / other marginalized identity, how would they relate to the world differently?” And from there I started with Disney fanfiction, before graduating to novellas and short stories, and finally, my first novel at 16. Since I loved the romance and fantasy genres (because romantasy wasn’t really a thing when I was growing up), I often wished they would become a genre together. I love writing it because you can elevate a fantasy world by adding romantic tension in it, and vice versa. You can do more with a romance story when you have a fantasy world involved—double the escapism!...

OCEANSONG AUTHOR C.W. ROSE

  Here's an insider about details straight from the author of OCEANSONG! Check it out below! You can also find the synopsis of the book at the end- do check it out lovelies!  INTERVIEW   - Can you tell where you got the inspiration for this book? Ever since I can remember, I've been an ocean child at heart. A little background: because I have bad knees and asthma, exercising on land wasn't always easy for me, so I preferred swimming. The salt breeze helps my asthma, too. I was never scared of deep water, and the sea is an endless source of fascination for me. I was inspired to write  Oceansong  when I was on a cruise vacation with my family, and I remember standing at the balcony one day, looking out into the sea's churning waves. And as it does on vacation, my mind began to wander. If I were to dive into the sea right then, what would I find? How deep would it go? Those thoughts quickly spiraled into, what if there were mermaids living among us all this ti...