Tori

Tori asked Isaac Marion:

I lost my copy of The Inside. I must've lent it to someone who never gave it back. This is a grave error. Will you be releasing it digitally ever, so I can read it again?

Isaac Marion Oh, The Inside. I'm constantly amazed by how many people ask about it. I recently cracked it open to see if I could revise it back to life, but it's unsalvageable in its current form. My 33-year-old self has very little to say to my 21-year-old self. They write in different languages.

I do still love the central concept, though, the idea of a parallel life unfolding in dreams, the anguish of living in a fixed reality that can never match your imagination, all that stuff, so I've considered taking the ideas and writing a whole new book with them. As long as I'm nurturing that idea, The Inside will be locked away in my drawer of teenage embarrassments.

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Madelyn Blake

Madelyn Blake asked Isaac Marion:

Hi! I loved warm bodies and I about screamed when I learned you were writing a sequel (because the ending seemed a bit final so I assumed it would be a standalone) And I was just wondering, are we going to still see some boneys in The Burning World? I apologize if I missed something in Warm Bodies but I really loved the idea of having kind of evolved zombies and I just wanted to know if I should expect them!

Sarah

Sarah asked Isaac Marion:

Ahhhh, the end - sad but exciting. Just to be sure I have it right. I can still purchase the The Living, book 4 of the Warm Bodies series from your website? Also, I'd like to know where I can purchase your short story, Boarded Window.

Amanda Ramirez

Amanda Ramirez asked Isaac Marion:

I know you self-published three other novels before Atria Books picked up Warm Bodies, and I was wondering if it was ever discouraging or if there was ever a point where you wondered if you would ever get a novel published "mainstream," so to speak. And, maybe, if you had any advice for how to work through that? I try to remember that I write for me, but some days it's harder to remember than others.

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