“Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It’s the big female weapon, and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it.” Tennessee Williams
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AD: I know where and when you started writing it, from an outside perspective anyway, because I was around when Scabvendor made the transition into what is now Narcisa, but personally, at what point did you start entertaining the idea of actually writing Narcisa as a completely separate project? You said something just before about […]
read moreAD: What about the more recent part of the process? The days and nights you spent in over the months of sitting down and writing up to the point where the first rough edition of Narcisa was turned in for publication with Heartworm? JS: Yeh, well what I described before was only the first stage […]
read moreAD: So how did these old journal entries wind up turning into a whole novel for Narcisa? Describe the process for that… JS: Ok, well, as you know, it all started when I began working on this big long memoir, Scabvender- Confessions of a Tattoo Artist. I’d been working on that book for years, on […]
read moreAD: Describe a day in your life as this novel was being written. JS: I just did!! (Laughs)… Seriously though, I’m gonna give you a quote from the author’s note here and then try and elaborate on it a bit for you to answer that question. (Picks up the manuscript and reads…) “The characters of […]
read moreAD: How did you find out that you were ‘sensitive’ to the Spirit World? Well, it was an ongoing process of just, I dunno, opening up the channels to it, maybe sort of spontaneously just going through the creative process itself. It’s a very powerful force once you hit a certain level of willingness to […]
read moreAD: Tell me about your real life involvement with the Umbanda spirit cults I know you are a part of there in Brazil . FOR BACKGROUND INFO ON UMBANDA CLICK HERE JS: Well, that’s sort of related to your last question in a lot of ways, I think. Because once the channels started to open […]
read moreAD: I’ve heard you talking about that book for years. Is that like your literary bible or something? JS: Ok, well I’m not gonna go into a whole infomercial about The Artist’s Way right here then (Laughs)… but I will repeat that old saying again, how when the student is ready, a teacher will appear, […]
read moreAD: How have your spiritual practices helped your writing? JS: Well, in the first place, I don’t think I’d even be able to write anything with any degree of honesty or authenticity if I didn’t have some sort of spiritual life as top priority in my work today… I don’t wanna come off all holy […]
read moreAD: How would you classify Narcisa in terms of modern literature or compare it with other books? Where does this novel stand and what shelf would you ultimately want it displayed on? JS: That’s a tricky question for me. I guess if I was gonna try and make a quick, objective comparison with other well […]
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