Ask the Author: Sunyi Dean
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Sunyi Dean
Not silly at all! Alcohol is technically poison, for both humans and book eaters. It is non-nutritious for Devon, and she wouldn't (for example) absorb any calories or nutrients from it, but it still negatively impacts her cognitively and slows her down, more or less like it does for humans.
Devon can theoretically eat some human food, in the way that we can theoretically as humans consume some forms of paper, but she would find it a miserable experience, similar to how we'd be pretty miserable trying to eat books... and ultimately, she cant' survive off our food, just as we'd starve if there was nothing but paper around.
But in truth, nothing about the book eating works in a scientific way haha. There's a degree of absurdness and handwavium involved in the basic concept that I could never get away with.
Devon can theoretically eat some human food, in the way that we can theoretically as humans consume some forms of paper, but she would find it a miserable experience, similar to how we'd be pretty miserable trying to eat books... and ultimately, she cant' survive off our food, just as we'd starve if there was nothing but paper around.
But in truth, nothing about the book eating works in a scientific way haha. There's a degree of absurdness and handwavium involved in the basic concept that I could never get away with.
Sunyi Dean
Ty kindly for the question and sorry I took so long to see this! My next project is a book called The Girl With A Thousand Faces. At some point I'd love to put out a podcast that talks new writers through the process of getting trad published.
Sunyi Dean
Sure! There's never been any real interest though. Fantasy can be a tough sell, cost wise.
Sunyi Dean
I would love to write one more standalone some day (same world, diff pov, that wraps up a few of the hanging storylines) but it's very much up to the publishers! We will see :-)
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