Ask the Author: Kimmery Martin
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Kimmery Martin
Great question! I think it dives into Nick's psychological makeup--he was fairly immature emotionally during residency. I think he did love Zadie but bought into the perception of himself as an alpha-male type who didn't need to commit to just one person in a relationship. Later, I think he regretted his actions, but by then, obviously, it was too late.
Kimmery Martin
Thank you so much for reading TQOH! The ending of the book was an evolution--my original draft of the book was quite different. Zadie's husband was a point of view character and Emma, while still committing a betrayal, wasn't quite as extreme. Some of the changes in the book came after it sold to Penguin Random House and went through a bunch of editing. To me the most interesting aspect of what Emma did was not so much what she did as why she did it... she was a complicated character! I liked delving into the psychology of their personalities and their friendship and exploring the issues of betrayal and forgiveness.
Kimmery Martin
Hey Karma! I am in Charlotte! I just joined The Charlotte Writer’s Club but haven’t made it to any meetings yet. Hoping to go to one before Antidote launches at PRB on Feb 18... do you belong to it? What do you write?
Kimmery Martin
Thank you so much for reading TQOH!
You can probably tell I'm an obsessive book lover myself. I'll never approach any of these luminaries in my own writing (and they have variable writing styles and genres) but I love to read Bill Bryson, Tom Wolfe, Donna Tartt, Michio Kaku, Kwame Alexander, and Helen Fielding, along with dozens of others.
I was most influenced to write not by any single writer but by my collective admiration for storytellers in general, and a desire to use my medical background as a setting for an entertaining story. I'm definitely a word nerd.
You can probably tell I'm an obsessive book lover myself. I'll never approach any of these luminaries in my own writing (and they have variable writing styles and genres) but I love to read Bill Bryson, Tom Wolfe, Donna Tartt, Michio Kaku, Kwame Alexander, and Helen Fielding, along with dozens of others.
I was most influenced to write not by any single writer but by my collective admiration for storytellers in general, and a desire to use my medical background as a setting for an entertaining story. I'm definitely a word nerd.
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