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This warmed my heart. Thank you so much, Rob.
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Notes on an Execution
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2022
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Girl in Snow
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2017
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42 editions
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Blue, you say. She came.
I'm curious-- what does Blue, as a character, represent for you?
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Mine too! (Though I have a very soft spot for Lavender, too.)
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Saffy knew how to solve a mystery.
I spent five years writing this novel, and for the first four, this chapter was the only one told from Blue's perspective. It never quite worked-- I couldn't get Blue's voice right, and the sequence of events didn't add up. I spent months and late nights literally crying over this chapter, until my editor suggested I give it to Saffy instead. This is one of my favorite chapters in the book now. For me, it really breaks Saffy open.
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Jennifer, I did so much research about the death penalty, I'm so glad it reads realistically...
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You will leave your Theory here.
I did a lot of research about serial killers' manifestos. Oftentimes, these documents are just a way for bad men to self-mythologize, to make themselves feel important.
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The farmhouse sat at the top of a hill. Even in the dark it looked lopsided, leaning precariously to the left.
These images were inspired by my time living in upstate New York, and driving through gorgeous, rural stretches of Vermont. The grass, the colors, the old homes in variosus states of disrepair. It felt so atmospheric. Have you ever visited a place that feels like it has its own personality?
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You lift your thumb to the light, examine it close. In that same fingerprint, it is inarguable and insistent: the faint, mouse-like tick of your own pulse.
When I first started writing this novel, Ansel's perspective was written in the third person. "He lifts his thumb to the light, examines it close." I asked myself a lot of questions about why we love serial killers so much, what interests us about them. I suspect we are curious how their minds work because we want to know how people become evil. Of course, I don't have an answer to this question, but I decided to switch to second person to bring the reader closer to Ansel's mind: you are the serial killer. It's a challenging concept, of course, but that made writing this novel so much more
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This is definitely the same yarn shop!! I got really into knitting during the pandemic, and spent so much time at Acorn Street shop, they offered me a job. I worked there for about a year, until my schedule wouldn't allow it anymore. If you go in, sa
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“You don't need to have it all. You only need to figure out how much is enough.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“Grief was a hole. A portal to nothing. Grief was a walk so long Hazel forgot her own legs. It was a shock of blinding sun. A burst of remembering: sandals on pavement, a sleepy back seat, nails painted on the bathroom floor. Greif was a loneliness that felt like a planet.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“She had known from a young age that everyone had darkness inside-some just controlled it better than others. Very few people believed that they were bad, and this was the scariest part. Human nature could be so hideous, but it persisted in this ugliness by insisting it was good.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
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Thanks for accepting! Just read your debut novel thanks to NetGalley. It's very very good! I'll be reviewing it on my blog :) cheers!
