![]() JCPL: What sort of research do you do for your books?įZ: For both "Made You Up" and "Eliza and Her Monsters", I had to do a lot of research from a lot of different, reputable sources on both paranoid schizophrenia and anxiety. ![]() My writing process is half structure (outlines, character profiles) and half chaos (“you know what would be cool? A giant hammer that destroys nightmares”). I might have made this sound kind of awful, but it can actually be fun-I love everything from the initial planning of the story to finding new and better ways to combine and transform the pieces I’m left with after my brain decides to run amok. Depending on the day, the dog is either my imagination or my anxiety, but either way that model is getting smashed at least once, and I’m going to have to rebuild it from the pieces left behind. Johnson County Public Library: Can you tell us a little about your writing process?įrancesca Zappia: Imagine building a Lego model with only half the instructions while trapped in a small room with a very rowdy dog. ![]() ![]() ![]() Francesca has a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics, loves science fantasy, thinks peppers are disgusting and strongly believes the stegosaurus is the best kind of dinosaur. Read an interview with the author before her visit on May 19. Francesca Zappia, Indiana young adult fiction author, has written two books - "Made You Up" and "Eliza and Her Monsters". ![]()
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