Goodreads asked Christina Isobel:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Christina Isobel I had just finished producing, choreographing, and directing my play "Skeleton Woman: A Dance with the Dark". The play was about the dark times in our lives and I was so gratified that it had touched, affirmed, and helped people grapple with past and serious present issues. But ironically, I was now in another "dance with the dark myself." I was exhausted, empty, and depressed.

I made myself go out on long walks every day. I told myself I did not need to know what I was doing next. I would just walk in the country and refurbish.

One night after several months I was sitting in the bathtub struggling to get out: the first poem just arrived. A week later the second poem showed up. More poems kept arriving. After several more months I realized a poetry book was creating itself. It was just happening and all I had to do was listen and reach for my pencil every time I was tapped on the shoulder. This became my total preoccupation for a year.

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