Marcos is my people pleaser side-the one who will exhaust himself to “keep the peace” in the room. For this reason, the hardest character to write was Marcos, the camper who has been at Nightlight so long he’s “in the tank,” so to speak. Way that let him keep his agency, yet also be the most conflicted about He has so much love, but it was tricky navigating him through the story in a

He’s who I strive to be, in his outlook on life and his dedication to others. He’s got the best one-liners, he’s saucy, but he’s got a true heart. My favorite character to write is Connor, my main character. Who was your absolute favorite character to write about? And why? Also, who was the hardest to write? We have to look at it without fear, and that’s what I want readers to get from this: to look at the true trauma of conversion therapy, but not look away, minimize it, laugh it off, or even think of it as this thing that defines someone’s life. It’s a way of looking at trauma that doesn’t erase it, ignore it, or try to “conquer” it. Lynch’s later works have been informed by his passion for transcendental meditation, specifically how we deal with trauma, and that’s sort of what led Surrender to its final form. I was basically rewriting from scratch, and the story (about a queer teen who leads his friends to take down a conversion camp) was there-and slick-but there was an emotional core missing. I’ve been a fan of David Lynch forever, and specifically his revival of Twin Peaks informed the work I was doing on Surrender Your Sons. What was your biggest inspiration, or rather, what motivated and drove you to write Surrender your Sons? My husband and I moved from California to North Carolina to be closer to family, so seeing my nieces has been big stress reliever from the pressure of…the entire world. Thanks for asking! Quarantining has been a challenge, as it’s been for everyone else.

It is a gay thriller set in a conversion camp (which I was lucky enough to read an e-arc of), releasing 15th September, 2020, and it is an amazing book! Read on for some fun questions, book recommendations and tid-bits about SYS.īefore we begin, would you like to tell us a little about how have you been? What has quarantining been like, and are things good on your side of the world?

Hey there book lovers! Today I have an amazing and interesting interview with Adam Sass, author of upcoming debut Surrender your Sons.

Surrender your sons