Hi Ava,
How have you been? Just dropping by to let you know that I’ve finally finished reading the printed version of Bound. I’ve bought it a long time ago but life just got in the way somehow. But I finally did it, and many nights found me completely immersed in it despite having it read already. Then last night I couldn’t put it down. At around 4:45 in the morning I had to make a decision and force myself to stop, so that I could get some sleep, even though I only had a little bit left. But my brain couldn’t shut down. It was so wired, buzzing really, as I was trying to quiet it down and go to sleep. How can you do this? Create something so powerful that keeps your readers wide awake with excitement in the early hours of morning, even on a second read??? All of a sudden, I started missing working on the only book that I have ever written and illustrated- a children’s book written a few years back. At the time, I made a few small attempts at publishing and then I abandoned it, as I decided to return to sculpture and focus on it to the best I could. But now somehow, you made me miss it so much. You made me miss creating worlds. My mind was sprinting from the imaginary of your book, to the illustrations of mine, from the raw emotions of what I’ve just read, to the deep longing of what I have abandoned. It kept me awake through the morning and it was after the sun rise that my brain finally shut. And that’s the power that you have. Not only to enchant us with your worlds but also to inspire us to create our own. Never stop sharing this magic, Ava.
