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Colorado Book Award winner Catherine Wallace Hope grew up in Colorado, the setting for her thriller Once Again. She earned her degree in creative writing at the University of Colorado, and she delved into dance in New York and art and psychology in California. When she returned to Colorado, she became an instructor at the renowned Lighthouse Writers Workshop, offering creativity workshops for writers. Currently, she and her family are living on an island in the Pacific Northwest where they serve at the pleasure of two astonishingly spoiled dogs.

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How did you delve into a complicated subject matters like quantum mechanics and spacetime theory and translate into easily digestible content for the reader? (Well done, by the way!)

Catherine Wallace Hope Thank you, and thanks for this question. The story's starting point was a dream I had, and when I began looking into how to make it into a novel, I kn…moreThank you, and thanks for this question. The story's starting point was a dream I had, and when I began looking into how to make it into a novel, I knew I had to contend with the linear concept of irreversible time. I’m from Colorado, and I was aware that some of the most precise time technology on the globe was developed in Boulder at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. That’s where I found the earliest pieces of the puzzle. As I worked on the story, I kept reading about quantum mechanics—A LOT. :) There were some beautiful moments of synchronicity when facts dropped into view, small golden nuggets that I wouldn’t have known to look for otherwise. I think the astrophysicist whose writing meant the most to me was Carlo Rovelli; his passionate and lyrical work is the basis for the time science in the novel. Fortunately for me, both my agent and my editor encouraged me to make the concepts translate more readily, to emphasize the parallel between what Zac observes and what happens to Erin—and, in the end, what could conceivably happen to any of us.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Catherine Wallace Hope Writer's block is no fun! The tactic for defeating it depends on which kind it is. There is more than one! You can have the kind of writer's block you…moreWriter's block is no fun! The tactic for defeating it depends on which kind it is. There is more than one! You can have the kind of writer's block you get when you're trying to reach for something you have no source for. Some sources for material are memory, imagination, and research. So if you can't remember ever going through anything similar to what you're trying to write about, you're going to need to combine imagination and research until the words begin to come together. You can also have a block based in fear of other people's reactions. But it can help to remember that readers love complex characters. The tactic here is to write what you have to write and be sure it's human and truthful and that it serves the story. Then let the words fall where they may. Editing comes later. Another type of writer's block is the kind you get when you're exhausted and discouraged and you cannot figure out how to keep going but you refuse to surrender. The answer to this one is Yes. Yes, you're tired. Yes, it seems so hard. Yes, you're right—you must never give up. And, yes, you will find a way.(less)

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