Angela Tomasky

I think the majority of them, yes.

I wanted some to be really kind of thrilling, like the sort of the crack door, those sorts of things, you know, the bolt on the door, things that would sort of raise a sort of question in the mind of the reader, things that would seem interesting or dramatic somehow.

But other things, I think I just sort of, you know, in my mind, in my imagination, I sort of walked through the house and found these things.

There are obviously certain things I wanted to say.

And I sort of thought about, you know, what would be the best object to tell this story?

What would really encapsulate that event or that idea or.

or the character best, you know, in some way.

Well, it was a number of different things that I played with.

I just felt it would be engaging.

It would sort of

bring the reader in.

Initially, I had the idea of referring to you, but having that as an actual person who was sort of visiting the house, who might actually pick up the manuscript.

So in a way, it's just one step beyond that, because there's no, you know, there is a book that the reader has picked up.

So it was that really, yes.

And I felt that sort of, you know, Maximus, you know, if he felt he was talking to an actual person sort of directly, that sort of conversational tone would come in and

And he could really be himself in that environment, you know.

Yes, I do.

I think he tries to tell the truth.

I think it's important to him to tell the truth.

This is his one opportunity to say everything.