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And thanks, Sophia Kartsonis  and the lovely Catherine Pierce as well! 

What is the working title of the book?
How We Came Ashore

Where did the idea come from for the book?
Monhegan Island, which is a tiny rock in the sea, ten miles off the mid-coast of Maine, Shakespeare's The Tempest (of course), Rossellini's film Stromboli, Powell and Pressburger's film Black Narcissus. 

What genre does your book fall under?
Verse

What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?
Tilda Swinton as Ferdinand, Deborah Kerr as me, Steve Coogan as Ariel, Bob Dylan as Prospero, Joan Crawford as Caliban.

What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?
What terrible wind; what trees!

How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?
About a year.

Who or what inspired you to write this book?
My husband, who first proposed we go to the island, then Shakespeare, who's more than just my Facebook friend.

What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
It will make you fall in love with Maine all over again! There are couplets! There are lobster traps!

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
The chapbook will be published by the lovely Kristy Bowen and Dancing Girl Press in 2013. 

I tag: Hannah Stephenson , Kristi Maxwell, Matt McBride, Charlene Fix, Natalie Shapero