“I had to detach myself from myself, if that makes any sense, to conjure an authentic first-person voice. In that sense, it was similar to writing a first-person novel. But I was writing about real people, not fictional ones - myself, my family, my friends and boyfriends and ex-husband, and that was extremely tricky.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsPersonsRealVoiceNovelHusbandMy FriendsMy FamilyExesTrickyFirst PersonEx Husband Author:Kate Christensen
“My sudden, unforeseen capitulation had knocked me backward, and I had nothing to hold on to. My internal weather was eerily calm, as if in a tornado's aftermath, birdsong, sunshine, supersaturated colors, wreckage all around, and myself, dazed and limping.” IfsColorBirdCalmWeatherInternalsSunshineAftermathTornadoesUnforeseenWreckageBirdsongDazedLimpingCapitulation Author:Kate Christensen
