Here’s a fun twist: while Mercury’s main theme was how people don’t always get what they deserve, and how sometimes that means radical forgiveness, Sea of Lost Souls approaches forgiveness from a different perspective. Namely, how you can’t force it. What Jill did in the epilogue of Mercury was a choice she’d made when she was ready to make it. What if she had felt forced to make that choice?

Rachel Goldstein has a tale to tell about that.

What exactly led up to the attack on Edward Yazzie’s Team?

emeralddodge:

A lot of people were horrified beyond words by Jill’s press conference. Though the Saint Catherine team’s actions had been noticed by the wider world, most Americans treated superhero teams like football teams–they typically followed the locals, and those were the teams that felt like “theirs.”

The broadcast exposed the events of Battlecry to the entire nation, most especially who and what Patrick was. The human mind dislikes shades of gray, and a lot of people assumed that all leaders were like that. Moreover, Edward (codename: Hunter) had a few unfortunate attributes in common with Patrick: he was handsome and popular with the media, he allowed interviews, and he was charismatic. Unlike Patrick, he was a genuinely kind and caring person, and he spoke to the media to improve his team’s standing with the citizens of Burlington.

None of that mattered after the broadcast. Edward pulled his team off the streets after the broadcast, knowing something large was coming, and the superhero-watchers of the area interpreted that as foul play on his part. They came to the house armed to the teeth and ready to “rescue” their heroes. As you saw in Mercury, it went wrong very quickly.

It’s Mercury Day!!!

emeralddodge:

As always, I’m going to hold off replying to questions about Mercury until 10/15. Do send them in, though.

You can purchase Mercury here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9FQ5PW/

Mercury Paperback Preorder!

emeralddodge:

Here’s the link, everyone!

emeralddodge:

patron-saint-of-smart-asses:

low-budget-mulan:

Currently sitting down with my iced tea and reading Mercury before I have to go to work. AND OMG SO GOOD 10/10 @emeralddodge IF YOU HURT MY BBS I WILL BE VERY UPSET

This is emerald we’re talking about

of course she’s gonna get them hurt

Any hints for what we can expect in Mercury?

emeralddodge:

1. Mercury picks up right where Sentinel left off, and they are still reeling from the shocking and tragic events of the latter.

2. There is epistolary material. Lots of it, in fact.

3. Heather and Miguel show up!

4. Someone in Mercury is too in love with the mask to ever want to get married.

I figured Mercury has a death toll, but would you actually kill a member of the team?

emeralddodge:

I killed Marco’s littlest sisters, anon. That should’ve been a red-light-and-siren warning of what kind of author I am.

emeralddodge:

angelswithlightsabers:

emeralddodge:

I can’t believe I wrote what I just wrote.

Mrs. Dodge, may I just say you have a very… um… interesting and effective way of building up hype for your books.

Naw, that wasn’t supposed to be hype. I was just thinking out loud.

Hype would be me saying that daaaaayum, Mercury has a death toll.

emeralddodge:

One of my favorite parts of writing Mercury is playing with Deep POV to show subtle differences between him and Jill. For example, Jillian is always honest if she was crying. Benjamin, on the other hand, comes up with a bunch of different euphemisms for his tears.