Goodreads asked Bailey Vincent:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Bailey Vincent I am possibly the least organized person in the world, and have literally never "planned" when it comes to writing. For me, writing a novel is a weird, out of body experience (which used to freak out my mother when I was a kid)- where I sometimes don't realize what is happening in my own book until it happens. For example, with this novella- I had no idea what "the accident" would be until it occurred in the book. I sort of thought it would a car accident... Who knew?

Details is not my first completed novel- it's just the first one I've had the gumption to publish (eek). Typically, I will refer to parts of my writing in hindsight as if I am not the author. As a child, my mother would often remind me: "You do know that YOU wrote this, right? Why do you refer to parts like you don't know the plot?" Honestly, this is because I sit down, I tune out, and I just write. I end up looking back a few chapters later and thinking "oh that's cool- I didn't know my character was going to do that." Generally, it feels as if the books write themselves... and I'm just a lucky, nerdy passenger!

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