“My writing playlist for this book was very much dictated by the December-through-February release of Beach House’s Once Twice Melody. They’re my favorite band, and an 18-track, near-90-minute behemoth from them was of course going to take over my life.”
“Back in my earliest days of serious writing, just shy of high school, music was a way for me to cancel out the distracting noise of the TV, when football or cable news was always on in the living room. Over time, it evolved into a way to hone in on and cultivate the precise vibe of a scene or character…”