Kavya (wishes and tries to be more active)

Kavya (wishes and tries to be more active) asked Francesca Zappia:

I don't know if you'll even read this but I needed to get it out. Thank you so so so much for creating Eliza and her monsters!!! I cried a lot and laughed and went through a tornado of emotions. It was a ride I didn't want to get off from. I wanted you to know how much this book helped me. My question is, How did you come up with the story? Something in real life made you come up with it?

Francesca Zappia You're welcome! This makes me so happy to hear!

The very base idea—”girl creates a popular webcomic that is Monstrous Sea"—came from my agent and her assistant. But the rest of it—Eliza's anxiety, her anonymity, the importance of fandom, her relationship with Wallace, Wallace's entire arc—all of that was from me, either my own experiences with mental health and fandom and creating art, or extrapolations off of those things!

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Ashley (Chris's version)

Ashley (Chris's version) asked Francesca Zappia:

Is there possibly a sequel in the works for Now Entering Addamsville since the ending left you hanging with what Grim said to Zora when they were looking out the window at Grimshaw house?

Kaila

Kaila asked Francesca Zappia:

First of all I love your book and am especially interested in the mental illness aspect of it, so I have two questions for you. What made you incorporate Alexithymia into Miles' character in addition to Alex's mental illness? Also, due to the nature of Alexithymia and the sufferers inability to 'recognise' emotions, do you personally believe it's possible that a person suffering from this disease can fall in love?

Cindy Mooney

Cindy Mooney asked Francesca Zappia:

Will you ever publish Children of Hypnos? I would love to own it in book form!

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