Kathleen Glasgow

So I had turned in this draft of How to Make Friends with the Dark to my editor. And she was like, OK, great. I'm going to read through this. And then she went on this like month long vacation. And while she was gone, I was like, you know, maybe I should rewrite this and I should make it funnier. Cause like grief can be really funny when you think about it. Like, Oh my God, you're dead.

What happened? What is happening to me? And I rewrote it so that I thought it was like funnier. And then when she came back and read that draft, she said, Kathleen, what is going on? What happened? No, no, no, no, no. The other draft, that's the one. That's what you do. That's what I love about you. That's what people are going to love about this book is that you get to it. You're a dark writer.

What happened? What is happening to me? And I rewrote it so that I thought it was like funnier. And then when she came back and read that draft, she said, Kathleen, what is going on? What happened? No, no, no, no, no. The other draft, that's the one. That's what you do. That's what I love about you. That's what people are going to love about this book is that you get to it. You're a dark writer.

What happened? What is happening to me? And I rewrote it so that I thought it was like funnier. And then when she came back and read that draft, she said, Kathleen, what is going on? What happened? No, no, no, no, no. The other draft, that's the one. That's what you do. That's what I love about you. That's what people are going to love about this book is that you get to it. You're a dark writer.

That's who you are. And I needed to hear that, that everything was going to be kind of dark and sad from that moment on, whatever book that I wrote. And I was like, okay.

That's who you are. And I needed to hear that, that everything was going to be kind of dark and sad from that moment on, whatever book that I wrote. And I was like, okay.

That's who you are. And I needed to hear that, that everything was going to be kind of dark and sad from that moment on, whatever book that I wrote. And I was like, okay.

That's... I mean, because I think it's what we were talking about. They need somebody else to say it. That's what they're going to you for. Because then in that, they see some hope for themselves. Because then they look at you and they say, wait, you got...

That's... I mean, because I think it's what we were talking about. They need somebody else to say it. That's what they're going to you for. Because then in that, they see some hope for themselves. Because then they look at you and they say, wait, you got...

That's... I mean, because I think it's what we were talking about. They need somebody else to say it. That's what they're going to you for. Because then in that, they see some hope for themselves. Because then they look at you and they say, wait, you got...

through this or you're working through it and i see you actively every day like on videos like working through these things that have happened to you and i want to do that and so i feel like that gives them some sense of like there is a light at the end of the tunnel and they're like they tell you like of course you're funny but um could you go back to that other thing and it's like okay i will do that i'm like no problem and i i think that's okay and and i needed to be told that by my editor

through this or you're working through it and i see you actively every day like on videos like working through these things that have happened to you and i want to do that and so i feel like that gives them some sense of like there is a light at the end of the tunnel and they're like they tell you like of course you're funny but um could you go back to that other thing and it's like okay i will do that i'm like no problem and i i think that's okay and and i needed to be told that by my editor

through this or you're working through it and i see you actively every day like on videos like working through these things that have happened to you and i want to do that and so i feel like that gives them some sense of like there is a light at the end of the tunnel and they're like they tell you like of course you're funny but um could you go back to that other thing and it's like okay i will do that i'm like no problem and i i think that's okay and and i needed to be told that by my editor

I really did. And it, that I, like for me, I'm very proud of having written that book. It, it, but it's, yeah, but it's, it's like, I have a very complicated relationship to it because I don't know that I could ever read that book like again, because it is, it is really sad. And it just makes, I mean, my mother didn't live to see me publish any books.

I really did. And it, that I, like for me, I'm very proud of having written that book. It, it, but it's, yeah, but it's, it's like, I have a very complicated relationship to it because I don't know that I could ever read that book like again, because it is, it is really sad. And it just makes, I mean, my mother didn't live to see me publish any books.

I really did. And it, that I, like for me, I'm very proud of having written that book. It, it, but it's, yeah, but it's, it's like, I have a very complicated relationship to it because I don't know that I could ever read that book like again, because it is, it is really sad. And it just makes, I mean, my mother didn't live to see me publish any books.

And, you know, people will always say, oh, she would be so proud of you. And my first thought is yes. And my second thought is because I know my mother, she would say, didn't have to be so sad.

And, you know, people will always say, oh, she would be so proud of you. And my first thought is yes. And my second thought is because I know my mother, she would say, didn't have to be so sad.

And, you know, people will always say, oh, she would be so proud of you. And my first thought is yes. And my second thought is because I know my mother, she would say, didn't have to be so sad.

Yes, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. So I'm just like, I'm playing out all my trauma in the fictional world. For everyone. And yeah, that's the way it works. And, you know, that's partly it probably comes from a little bit of like my background in poetry where I'm used to like talking about emotional things in a narrative way.