Emilie Autumn
Hello Angie,
Thank you for your very good question—I'm happy to answer it!
I have an odd connection to the name "Violet," and the truth is that I've no idea why. It keeps popping up in my life, and the beginning of that was with this story. I desperately wish I could say, "oh, yes, well it's because Mournington's daughter Violet has an alternate reality of her own and so on...," but I can't. That was simply the name of my fellow inmate in the hospital, and then, when the Asylum world began to form in my notebook, that name was just there in M.M.'s letters, as the first (or was she?) victim of young Stockill. I didn't plan it, or think about it at all, and I didn't even realize until long after the first edition was printed. If I had, I would likely have changed one of the Violets to something else to avoid confusion. Perhaps there IS a deep connection between those two characters that even I am not aware of, and if I ever find out, I'll be sure to let you know:)!
All my gratitude,
~ EA
Thank you for your very good question—I'm happy to answer it!
I have an odd connection to the name "Violet," and the truth is that I've no idea why. It keeps popping up in my life, and the beginning of that was with this story. I desperately wish I could say, "oh, yes, well it's because Mournington's daughter Violet has an alternate reality of her own and so on...," but I can't. That was simply the name of my fellow inmate in the hospital, and then, when the Asylum world began to form in my notebook, that name was just there in M.M.'s letters, as the first (or was she?) victim of young Stockill. I didn't plan it, or think about it at all, and I didn't even realize until long after the first edition was printed. If I had, I would likely have changed one of the Violets to something else to avoid confusion. Perhaps there IS a deep connection between those two characters that even I am not aware of, and if I ever find out, I'll be sure to let you know:)!
All my gratitude,
~ EA
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Thank you so much for being open about your disorder. I was recently fired because I didn't "leave my bipolar disorder out of the workplace." How do you suggest I educate my employers about the disorder without getting defensive or them looking at me like I'm incapable after proving myself otherwise? Thank you.
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