Lost History Paperback ~ 3 days to go!

Three days!! As in one-two-three-it’s-here! And yes, The Lost History of Dreams was inspired by these three novels, which are among my Favorite Books Ever. I’m deeply honored to have my gothic book baby mentioned alongside them. Besides their sheer literary amazingness, these three novels also employ a nested story structure—a story-within-a-story, if you will—just as Lost History does.

Here’s more about my writing process from an interview with librarian Sarah Johnson:

“I knew from the beginning I wanted The Lost History of Dreams to have a nested story structure akin to novels such as The Thirteenth Tale and Possession. But how to go about writing it? After several experiments, I ended up writing each storyline separately, then combining them into one document using Scrivener. One storyline is written in a close third person, the second in a more omniscient point of view that occasionally breaks the fourth wall. On top of that, I included letters and poems, which were intended to add another layer of commentary, if you will. Finally, I revised the novel for pacing, plot, and tension—I needed to have each storyline hand off to each other in a way that felt organic. I also made a spreadsheet diagramming the the two timelines, to keep all the details straight. When I printed out the spreadsheet, it filled the length of my large worktable!”

A photo of said spreadsheet on said worktable.