Goodreads asked Elizabeth Rose:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Elizabeth Rose For To Dwell in Dreams, I started with the base concept of the series- looking at popular fairytales and looking for the 'negative' message that may be sent along with the positive message. With my first novel, Till the Last Petal Falls, I was influenced more by the Disney version, and the changes from the 'original' to the Disney that changed the main message of the story (I think) in a negative way. For To Dwell in Dreams I focused more on the original Sleeping Beauty, in which she is violated in her sleep and produces children who are responsible for waking her from her sleep by sucking out the thorn in her finger. I decided I needed to stray away from the rape narrative that has already been addressed with this story, and found myself called to a narrative that followed the issues of post-partum depression and a stubborn attitude that refuses to accept a growing maturity and progress as positive part of growing up.

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