Goodreads asked Mimi Cross:

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

Mimi Cross A few years ago a friend of mine sent me this great song about a girl crushing on a guy. After listening to it a bunch of times, I got the feeling that the girl was watching the guy from afar, and I wondered why she wasn’t trying to connect with him, since she was so into him. From there I rabbit-holed, wondering about a lot of things, but mainly, why so many people have trouble expressing themselves. And I realized, over time, that I had an idea about this girl: hers was no ordinary case of awkwardness, of being tongue-tied. Finding the right words--that was the crux her struggle. And also, to find something beyond words.

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