yamino:

mooncalfe:

and Fraggles.

…[A] few years ago I was having an artistic crisis of faith — which I have a lot of, lots of doubt all the time — but it led me to being more aware of what I really wanted my work to be and how I wanted it to feel and look, and just what it all meant. The kicker came when around that time I started reading a lot of feminist and sociology writings which really reinforced how I was feeling about my work and helped me articulate and identify it. It was like the car of my work had been careening around and I was finally able to grab the wheel and steady it before flying off into a ditch or something.

The sociology stuff opened my eyes not just in terms of my work but in terms of society. It’s like taking the red pill in The Matrix and you see the patterns and constructs all around you, and how you yourself factor in, and once you see that you can’t un-see it. I really care about people and I want my books to help them in some way. That’s what I set out to do and hearing from readers who have been helped or inspired by my work in personal ways reinforces that and reminds me what I’m doing…[.]

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