Sweetjunkiegirl
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Emilie Autumn:
The hospital entries can be tough to read as you were clearly not in a good place mentally or physically. Was there anything you wrote then that you disagree with now, reading it ten years later? And were you ever tempted to edit from this perspective?
Emilie Autumn
Hello love!
I actually did edit some bits in this new eBook that I felt were simply too much and didn't add to the story. I feel that, while being bold and honest and even gruesome and terrifying has an absolute place in literature and in all art forms, they should always be to a purpose, an never more than is needed to make a point, even if they are truly what was written in the original diary.
I still "go there," so to speak, but I just don't go on as long about it;).
The reason why I kept in as much as I did was that, over the years, I have been surprised to find that most of the kind words from Plague Rats who have told me how much the book was helpful to them, mentally, stemmed from these very difficult-to-read bits. Thus, where I had once (when I was recording the audiobook for example) doubted whether those bits should be there at all, I know believe that they are some of the most important parts.
You're wonderful,
EA
I actually did edit some bits in this new eBook that I felt were simply too much and didn't add to the story. I feel that, while being bold and honest and even gruesome and terrifying has an absolute place in literature and in all art forms, they should always be to a purpose, an never more than is needed to make a point, even if they are truly what was written in the original diary.
I still "go there," so to speak, but I just don't go on as long about it;).
The reason why I kept in as much as I did was that, over the years, I have been surprised to find that most of the kind words from Plague Rats who have told me how much the book was helpful to them, mentally, stemmed from these very difficult-to-read bits. Thus, where I had once (when I was recording the audiobook for example) doubted whether those bits should be there at all, I know believe that they are some of the most important parts.
You're wonderful,
EA
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Jessica A
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Emilie Autumn:
In the Audiobook and ebook editions, The Captain is now a blonde where before she had black hair, with art in the 1st and 2nd editions being based off photos of Vecona, did you change her to having black hair originally to match Vecona and go back to an earlier idea of her appearance in the 3rd edition or was there a more symbolic reason for the change?
Rasheeda Wilson
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Emilie Autumn:
Hi, EA. I have the read the story many times over the years and I always interpreted the contents of the Asylum Letters to be an autobiographical allegory. That they mirrored events in your personal life from your early life to your psych stay. Am I right in understanding Emil-y's story this way? I believe you were telling a lot of the truth in the 'fictional' part ironically enough. Love you so much xoxo
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