What is it about a ghost story that stays with you? Is it the ghost itself or that feeling of uneasiness? It’s this haunting feeling that Austin author Adam Soto has tapped into in his latest book. | via TexasStandard
Nov. 5 and 6, spoke with the Texas Standard just in time for the spooky season about the book and how it got started. Listen to the story above or read the transcript below.Texas Standard: A lot of folks remember you from “This Weightless World,” which got you a whole lot of attention. Tell us a little bit about what it was like going into this second book.
We should mention for the parents are out there: These are not ghost stories for kids, mom and dad. But that’s part of the intrigue of this – it almost seems targeted at that sort of childlike element that’s in everyone. How do you characterize what that thread is that ties everything together? It’s more than just, you know, news and history.
Sure. My wife works for a home museum here in Austin, Texas, and so I would spend time there walking the grounds. It was built in the late 19th century. And one night I was just listening to music on my headphones and walking around and enjoying the early fall weather and I lost track of time. And it just got very, very dark. And I found myself alone and, you know, turned around and looked into this window. And there was just this figure of a woman in the window.
I love the way that you think about it. But I’m intrigued as to why, if you see something, you’re not convinced it’s necessarily real.Yeah. I mean, I think it’s something that I’ve learned from writing, you know, living inside of the world of a book. You have to believe in your characters. You have to believe in the way that they see the world. And sometimes the way that they see the world or their opinions are very different from your own.
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