Goodreads asked Errin Stevens:

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

Errin Stevens Updrift was probably kick-started when I was eight and a rabid read-a-holic and constantly stuck in my own head. I loved to swim and pretend I was a siren, would shut out the world for hours while I made-believe I was a beautiful siren princess. And I was and am such a fiction addict, I know I began interpreting as a child every experience I had via some story-telling lens I put between myself and reality. In this way, I think Updrift has always been with me, although I didn't give myself permission to try and write it until a few years ago. And as I said earlier, it probably started with a question I asked myself, "How would I tell this story if it were mine?"

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