Where did the idea for Little Monsters come from? - Guest Post by Máire Roche
The idea for Little Monsters hit me out of nowhere. I had been working at an edtech company that downsized and lost my job overnight. Before that, I’d been balancing writing books with a full-time job and I thought…hey, maybe this is an opportunity. I wonder how fast I can write a book. I had been wanting to write a Little Women retelling for a while—it was a favorite of mine growing up, and I wanted to reimagine it for a middle grade audience while still honoring the source that I enjoyed as a kid. Once I had that seed, Little Monsters came pretty naturally. I knew I wanted to write about witches and monsters, about siblings and grief, and I knew I wanted to set the book in Salem because it’s in Lousia May Alcott’s home state (but spookier). From there, I decided to write the book in a week, just to see what kind of pace I could sustain. I ended up writing Little Monsters in four days. This book is about so many things: sisterhood, magic, found family, first crushes. Bu...
