A brief ( ish ) interview with, um... me.

*Sitting in the bathtub with a mic – ala Jimmy in ‘The Commitments’*

“Hi Kylie, what drove you to write your book?”

Interesting question, Kylie. Thanks for asking. Please be advised my answer will be long winded.

Truthfully? I was driven by the media hype surrounding Rob Pattinson’s hair. I was driven by a guy I met around that time who reminded me of an actor (mind you, I still can’t put my finger on who). I was driven by Twilight. Well, Twilight ending, anyway.

Sounds silly, I know, but that stuff combined with a tonne of other stuff including the nutty happenings within my everyday life, a thirst for something creative to pour myself into, and a love for entertaining people... all of it drove me to write this book.

Music drove me to write this book, and it continues to inspire certain scenes and emotions. But I don’t tend to listen to it when I’m writing. I tend to crank it in the car or discover new or sometimes new-old stuff on Youtube, and it’s a well-known fact (where my friends and family are concerned) that I dance like an idiot in my walk-in-robe with my iPod. Laugh if you must, but I’ll have you know I lost a shitload of weight sweating it out in there.

What my familiars don’t know (well, they’ll know now, but anyway), what they didn’t know, is that I also get my mic and stand out while I’m in there, and I free my inner rock/pop-star. The Kings of Leon have their ‘Fergie’ in me, and I bet you didn’t know I sang at the VMA’s? Yep. My invisible audience was full of notable faces, and I’m pretty sure they were digging my rendition of Superbass.

Long story short, there’s no sense in me listing my inspirations – things, people, behaviours, happenings, sounds, smells, my imaginings, etc etc etc, because it’s ceaseless. At the end of the day, lots of stuff inspired me to write Enharmonic, and it’s that stuff, plus a never-ending influx of new stuff, feelings and so on that to inspire me to continue writing. It’s called 'Life', and it’s happening in a town near you! *punches the air*

“Wow, Kylie, you really are long-winded. So, tell us, in one sentence or less - if you think you can manage it - what kind of environment you write in, and why?”

*Crosses arms and raises eyebrows at reflection in shaving mirror*

I do all my writing outdoors, best between the hours of 9pm-3am, all year round.

“All year round? What about in winter?”

Yes, all year round. And winter? What of it? Cairns’ weather rocks. Nuff said.