And second, regardless of what other people say and regardless of whether we are considered “normal,” we all have the capacity for love. First, it’s important to be true to yourself, regardless of what others’ expectations might be. In a longer piece, I would have loved to write from Talon’s point of view as well.ĪA: Could those stories still be a possibility? What would you like for people to take away from the story and the characters when they read The Clockwork Heart? If this had been a novel rather than a short story, I could have explored how those early experiences shaped Dante into the man he became.Īlso, we never learn much about Talon’s past, aside from the fact that his previous owner was cruel-and never appreciated Talon’s humanity. He was close with his mother, who died when he was young, but his father never understood him. Kim Fielding: I would have liked to talk more about Dante’s childhood. Welcome back for part two of our talk with Kim Fielding, author of The Clockwork Heart, which is part of the steampunk anthology Steamed Up.Īirship Ambassador: What kind of back story is there for The Clockwork Heart which didn’t make it into the final version?
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