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In CROW OF CONNEMARA, the father of the Colin, one of the two protagonists of the novel, dies (this isn't a particular plot spoiler, since the father has suffered a massive coronary event at the start of the novel and is brain dead.
My own father, to whom the book is dedicated, passed away while I was in the midst of writing this book, and while the circumstances were certainly different and the relationship between Colin and his father doesn't much resemble the relationship between me and my father, there were still some disturbing similarities. I had a difficult time in the revision passes going over those sections where Colin is dealing with his father's condition.
At Detcon this year, I used the initial passage at my reading and found that I had to pause a few times with some of the description, because my voice was starting to quaver and the words were beginning to swim in my sight. Reading the galleys now, those scenes still get to me, dredging up memories.
I suppose we can never entirely lose the influences of our parents, even after we've long fled the nest, even after they're gone entirely.
What do you think?
My own father, to whom the book is dedicated, passed away while I was in the midst of writing this book, and while the circumstances were certainly different and the relationship between Colin and his father doesn't much resemble the relationship between me and my father, there were still some disturbing similarities. I had a difficult time in the revision passes going over those sections where Colin is dealing with his father's condition.
At Detcon this year, I used the initial passage at my reading and found that I had to pause a few times with some of the description, because my voice was starting to quaver and the words were beginning to swim in my sight. Reading the galleys now, those scenes still get to me, dredging up memories.
I suppose we can never entirely lose the influences of our parents, even after we've long fled the nest, even after they're gone entirely.
What do you think?