And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll wake up from.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.
On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world.
Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need to be told. I love watching a plot unfold, and feeling the surprise when the unexpected happens.
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.
As a novelist, I'm incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn't mean that I don't lie awake at four o'clock in the morning, worrying.
Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I can't help but notice in so many stories, plays, poems that I read, the sort of breadcrumbs of fairytale techniques, so I'm very excited when I notice that.
Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.
All of my books now come from readers' ideas.
I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serious competitor of my favorite weird authors.