It's taken me a while, but I've finished the third book in the Mother, Dearest series.

This one was particularly hard to write, not because I didn't love the characters, I do, but because I was nervous at the level of homophobic and transphobic abuse I would get when it's released.

If I'm honest, it nearly put me off of writing the next part of the story.

The thing that changed my mind on that was hearing just how much people loved the characters I had created. The nonbinary siren, Satara, being a particular favourite. I was proud that people took Snow, who is transgender, to their hearts too. It gave me the confidence to take the story that was in my head and put the words down where people could, and hopefully would, read them.

This story takes place shortly after the action in the second book but, instead of just rehashing the action from that, I've taken a look at the aftermath it left behind. I've taken care to tackle the mental health scars that it left the main characters to deal with. I've also been able to write more of their backstories, to flesh them out, to make them feel more alive than before, and I'm proud of that.

Hopefully, fans of the first two books will find just as much to love in this, the third entry in the series.