I love Jamie Ford. And I love his book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet.
He was very sweet to do this interview with me in which he says among other things: "As far as message vs. story, it’s always story first with me. I’m wary of delivering anything terribly overt, because I get that “oodgy” feeling–like when an old friend tracks you down and calls and somewhere in the conversation you realize they’re trying to sell you Amway. I’m scared of accidentally betraying the reader’s trust, so I stick to story. But when I write, there’s usually something emotional that I’m in denial about anyway, some intrinsic truth."
Check out the whole interview here.
