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Date Posted: 15:35:41 07/07/09 Tue
Author: celtgirl
Subject: I think it has significance if you feel that it does. Which is to say, as a writer you let go of ownership to a certain extent when people read your work and bring their own perceptions and experiences to the work- after all that's the joy of reading, and why books are so much richer an experience than television. We interact on several levels while reading, creating a very personal world with the characters and settings. That being said, I play over and over on the idea of edge places- things that are neither here nor there, creatures that might be real or might not- areas of the world where it seems anything might be possible, good or bad, as though such places are an actual rip in the fabric of reality, and of course reality itself>>>
In reply to: Denise 's message, "OK, maybe this is a little out there *g*, but the 8 fingered fish has got me wondering. I'm thinking it would look a bit like Ichthyostega, a prehistoric animal that had limb-like fins that allowed it to live between two worlds, the water and land. This must be important! All the characters seem to be living in two worlds - Pamela is an American who has left behind a safe/secure life in the States to cohabit with Republican Irish boys (one she desperately loves), exposing herself to all kinds of trouble. Casey is taking up the reins in the 'family business', but his heart wants to keep Pamela safe in the little house by the sea with the white picket fence - conflicted for sure. And then there's Jamie - the successful, very wealthy business man with his own underground affairs on the side, as well as all the contrary feelings towards love. He's certainly uncomfortable living in his own skin, at least as far being loved/giving love is concerned. Going long>>>>>" on 22:24:34 07/06/09 Mon

is subject to perception and experience.

Because a sense of the mystical is present in my own life, it's bound to crop up in my work. But I'm also a wee bit hardheaded, interested in politics and human history- I think it's natural my work combines all these aspects.

The setting here matters- it's one of those edge places- neither above nor below ground, right on the cusp of the sea and holding within it a strange creature from long ago-which is something one simply feels in Ireland too, the whole country might be one of those edge places. At least it is for me.

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