Goodreads asked Skip Rhudy:

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

Skip Rhudy One Punk Summer was inspired by the tremendous pre-SXSW music scene that I lived through in Austin and Central Texas during the height of the punk music era during the early to mid-eighties. The punk subculture at that time helped elevate the music scene in Austin from a kind of loud-and-proud local vibrancy to actual international renown.

I was very interested in playing with language and having characters speak as people actually spoke, act like people actually act, and having the very language of the narrative reflect the state of mind of the characters whether they were bored, excited, partying, playing music -- or tripping on acid.

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