Mercedes Guy is the young adult author of the fantasy What It Took, inspired by Alexz Johnson's song "Voodoo". She published the first version of her book in 2014. After going through professional editing and combining What It Took To Realize & Voodoo to one complete story, she published the edited version on September 4th, 2016 as What It Took. What It Took takes place in Folly, SC. After working on the story for about 4 years, she had finally finished it in November, a year before publishing in paperback, later republishing it in 2016. Once she began the sequel she wanted more than ever to go down to Folly for herself. So finally in the summer of 2014 she went down, and loved the Charleston charm so much she moved a month later. The second book to her trilogy Daughter Of The Ocean, is in its final stages and upon completion Mercedes plans to start a Kickstarter Campaign to raise money to get the book professionally edited, and get the cover art as well as some promotional gear made.