Bestselling author Zoje Stage states books are "a necessary magic"

The Chester County Independent might not be the biggest newspaper in the world, but they gave me the opportunity to answer a lot of quite interesting questions - about influential books and authors, my career, my writing process, handling bad reviews, and more. You can read the full interview here.

When I first started doing interviews and writer events it was a little hard for me to believe that people were actually interested in what I had to say. But I decided a long time ago that I wanted to be as honest as possible in my interviews and interactions with people - that aspect is very important to me. After a year in which so many things about my changing life and career felt so odd, I'm happy to report that I feel "present" once again in my own life, and it's no longer an out-of-body experience to think of myself as a professional author. While I have focused on the obvious "ups" in this blog rather than the "downs" I hope some day I can share more fully about what it's like "behind the scenes." There's been a lot to learn, and even with the miracle that is BABY TEETH there have been some quite devastating setbacks. This is not an easy road, but as I stated in this interview, I am a writer to the core. And no matter what else happens - good stuff, bad stuff - the thing I need to do to manage my life, my emotions, my creative energy is WRITE.