Appendix A

Best Author Interview of the Week

David Mitchell author most recently of Black Swan Green, explains:

“Secret architectures are a different blueprint for each book, and it’s a different means of creating that blueprint for each book. In the first three books, the secret architecture was thematic…The visible structure is all in my head from the beginning, but I’m always asking what is this about, and then how can that knowledge feed back into the plot and the action. So this is what I really mean by secret architecture. You need to work out what each section of your book is about. It’s helpful. It saves labour and answers questions.”

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Currently Reading: The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh by David Damrosch; and, the Bono-edited July 2007 Vanity Fair. The ultimate rich-people-&-celebs mag develops a (guest) conscience. It’s got 20 covers and fascinating articles on people making a difference in AIDs-ravaged Africa.

Just Finished: After Dark by Haruki Murakami (Interesting, but definitely a minor work in his oeuvre. Start with his Wild Sheep Chase and then go crazy.)

And I thank you for your kind attention.