Books with Music: Why I Made a Post-Rock Album for The Perfect Gray
Not counting a collection of short stories I recently wrote, The Perfect Gray is my most recent literary work. It’s a literary-fiction novel dealing with concepts such as conflicting emotions, empowerment, impossible choices, and risks. The book’s protagonist, Hecate, is basically carried through life like seaweed on the surf, coming and going without a destination […]
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Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful story, and for your kind words. Much appreciated!
And thank you. I just finished giving an interview, after which I felt like I had just exposed myself as a crazy person. In part, I described "how I write" by saying that parts of the story "write themselves, as if I'm just transcribing my muse." After finishing the interview, I was worried that readers would think, "Okay, so she's just nuts." Or maybe, "What a liar -- she's trying to make it sound magical." (Which it is.)
Thankfully, I also said something to the effect that "creating a story is creating art. There is no right way." I can't tell you how validated I felt when I read your post! Maybe that just means we're both crazy people, but then again, it's nice to know I'm not alone!