To say I was surprised would not be an accurate way to explain. I was terrified because I am this terribly negative person who always expects the worst to happen. Three people called from my publisher’s office on speakerphone. What did it feel like when both of your books hit the New York Times list? Fantasy is so much fun and it lets us escape-gives us a little more hope some times. Parents are stuck trying to heat their homes in 17-degree weather and they’re not getting as many hours at work or bonuses or cost of living increases. I live in fairly rural Maine, and I know locally there are more teens having more issues in school because there are more issues at home. There’s a sort of larger-than-life aspect that really tails into what novels are often about: giving people hope and a place to escape. What do you make of the popularity of YA fantasy right now? This time I just thought, “It doesn’t matter how awful it is! It’s plot-driven!” It was kind of freeing, and, yeah, it was a blast. I had written realistic contemporary fiction that was a lot more character-driven. Especially when you’re a student, that’s the best way to learn, And so I just thought of writing Need as this experiment. When I was at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in the masters program in writing for children, one of the big things they tell you is that you have to experiment. I was writing other stuff at the time and I just thought, this will be fun. Only a not-so-good-looking one, with bad taste in clothes. I thought, “Maybe he’s some evil pixie thing.” Eventually, Emily made me drop back because it was so creepy and I have no sense of self-preservation. And I don’t know if it was how the sun hit his eyes, but they looked silver to me. He smelled really bad too, like clothes that hadn’t been washed in ages and ages and ages.Įmily, my daughter, kept saying, “Mommy, stop staring.” But I couldn’t help it, He just gave off this weird vibe-his vibe was just bad. That’s kind of freaky in itself, but he also had this huge fabric tail scrounging out from the back of his coat. As we were walking in, there was this guy wearing corduroy: corduroy pants, shirt and blazer, all in earth tones. One of the ways is to stroll in through the woods, My daughter and I were on this trail and it’s windy and kind of creepy because the trees were all bare. There’s this huge organic fair in Maine and there are multiple ways to get in to the fairgrounds where it is held.
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