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... asked Francesca Zappia:

I just finished reading reading Eliza and Her Monsters and I've been crying and I can't even stop, I didn't initially know that you were the same author that wrote Made You Up, spoiler that book also completely destroyed me, in short YOU ARE A FRIGGIN GENIUS LIKE HOLY HELL I PRAISE THE LAND YOU WALK ON HOW YOU DESTROYED ME I CAN'T EVEN HUMAN OH MY HOLY FLIGGIN GENIUS HOW EVEN. How do you come up with this stuff?

Francesca Zappia Haha thank you! Also I'm sorry for making you cry, but it seems like it was the good kind of crying, so also you're welcome?

I'm honestly not 100% sure how I come up with stories, but I think it's sort of like...thinking of something that makes me both happy and sad, and then writing about it. That's kind of a vague explanation for such glowing praise, but I hope that explains it a little bit!

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