Sweetjunkiegirl
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Emilie Autumn:
The hospital entries can be tough to read as you were clearly not in a good place mentally or physically. Was there anything you wrote then that you disagree with now, reading it ten years later? And were you ever tempted to edit from this perspective?
Emilie Autumn
Hello love!
I actually did edit some bits in this new eBook that I felt were simply too much and didn't add to the story. I feel that, while being bold and honest and even gruesome and terrifying has an absolute place in literature and in all art forms, they should always be to a purpose, an never more than is needed to make a point, even if they are truly what was written in the original diary.
I still "go there," so to speak, but I just don't go on as long about it;).
The reason why I kept in as much as I did was that, over the years, I have been surprised to find that most of the kind words from Plague Rats who have told me how much the book was helpful to them, mentally, stemmed from these very difficult-to-read bits. Thus, where I had once (when I was recording the audiobook for example) doubted whether those bits should be there at all, I know believe that they are some of the most important parts.
You're wonderful,
EA
I actually did edit some bits in this new eBook that I felt were simply too much and didn't add to the story. I feel that, while being bold and honest and even gruesome and terrifying has an absolute place in literature and in all art forms, they should always be to a purpose, an never more than is needed to make a point, even if they are truly what was written in the original diary.
I still "go there," so to speak, but I just don't go on as long about it;).
The reason why I kept in as much as I did was that, over the years, I have been surprised to find that most of the kind words from Plague Rats who have told me how much the book was helpful to them, mentally, stemmed from these very difficult-to-read bits. Thus, where I had once (when I was recording the audiobook for example) doubted whether those bits should be there at all, I know believe that they are some of the most important parts.
You're wonderful,
EA
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Luly
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Emilie Autumn:
Hello again, Emilie! I don't know if you'll have time to answer yet another question, but I'll take my chances! Do you feel that your personal perspective on the message you want your story to carry has changed as you've grown? Do you think that you have now another aim with the story that you hadn't thought of when you first released the book? Thanks for answering our questions!
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