“A lot of adults don't think it's their place to interfere with kids. I interfere all the time.” Quote by Khloe Kardashian
“The Thorn and The Blossom can be read from either side - you can choose whether to read it from Brendan's or Evelyn's perspective first, and each one will give you a different sense of what happens in the story.” GivingFirstsDifferentStoriesHappensSidesPerspective Author:Theodora Goss
“The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on projects for the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and when he got the idea for an accordion-style book, he called and asked if I could write the story for it. I told him that I would love to try! And I knew it had to be a love story, because that's the sort of story you really want to hear from both perspectives. I mean, imagine if Pride and Prejudice were told from Darcy's perspective as well as Elizabeth's. It would be quite a different story!” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsMeanArtBookIdeasDifferentStoriesWould BeTogetherImagineWonderfulStylePerspectivePrideProjectsPrejudiceFoundationLove StoryIf I CouldEditorsFormatDarcyAccordions Author:Theodora Goss
“It happened the way I come up with any story, which is that I took elements of my own life and put them into the story, but in a very mixed-up way.” WayStoriesMy OwnHappenedElementsCome UpMy Own Life Author:Theodora Goss
“What writers do - everything comes from inside, from experiences of the world that we have digested. And then we turn it into silk, or stories.” WorldStoriesTurnsSilk Author:Theodora Goss
“The appeal of writing a romance was that I'd never written one before the The Thorn and The Blossom.” WritingRomanceWrittenAppeals Author:Theodora Goss
“In the Forest of Forgetting do you remember any romances? All the relationships in those stories are dark and twisted - people fall in love, but they really shouldn't have. There's even a story about a marriage, but it focuses on a woman who marries a bear!” PeopleStoriesRememberRomanceFallDarkForgetBearsFalling In LoveForestsTwistedDark And Twisted Author:Theodora Goss
“I'm used to writing fairy tales that can be somewhat dark, and the truth is that in fairy tales, romances are always problematic. They may end happily ever after, but someone's getting pushed into an oven or has blood in her shoe.” WritingMayEndsRomanceUsedDarkBloodTruth IsShoesTalesFairyFairy TaleHappily Ever AfterEver AfterOvens Author:Theodora Goss
“I loved writing something I'd never written before, and I wanted to write not just about "true love" but also a human relationship.” WritingHumansWantedWrittenHuman RelationsHuman Relationships Author:Theodora Goss
“I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more: it's fascinating to put people together and see what happens, how they fall in love and what that means in their lives.” PeopleWritingMeanHappensTogetherRomanceFallWrittenExampleFalling In LoveFascinatingMiscommunication Author:Theodora Goss
“I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories, and I turned in two 10,000 word stories.” LongTwoBookStoriesPlansOriginalsBoundaries Author:Theodora Goss