Anna asked Tot Taylor:

What is the origin story of your novel - what compelled you to write it?

Tot Taylor simply, the writing is a combination of so many thoughts and ideas I've had over a long period of time about 'creativity' in general and about individuals being 'creative'. Sometimes of course that may mean 'destructive'. By applying that thinking to a fictional character set within a group of disparate characters, 'misfits', the characters seemed to live for me in a particular world and I was able to look at and discuss various situations and circumstances via the central figure of JOHN NIGHTLY. I hope the story will resonate with people who have both 'tried to succeed' and have 'succeeded in trying', and also with those who have failed of which there will be many. Though you do achieve a certain amount by 'failing' of course. In the novel John Nightly experiences both. Thank you for asking, Tot Taylor

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