What's It All About?

I'm beginning to do interviews and stuff for Cycler and this means that I have to analyze my own work. I was an English major in college so this should be a piece of cake. After all, I don't have to hypothesize what the author intended. I was there. I know what she intended.Or do I?I had very solid, defensible ideas when I began writing Cycler. There were themes, theories, and counter-arguments. There was a three-act narrative structure married elegantly to an underlying moral code. There were layers. But then my characters went ahead and ignored it all. They had their own ideas. My ideas were quaint and pointless to them. Hot air. They had other priorities. I guess that's what I get for writing about teenagers.The whole process was infuriating. And exhilirating. I was on their journey not my own. This forced me to abandon my neat (alright, I'll say it, contrived) notions of thematic consistency. I had to surrender to the logic of the story itself.All of which means I may not be able to say a lot of smart stuff about my own book. I mention this as fair warning. I will be posting links to interviews, reviews, podcasts, guest blogs, etc. in the next month or so. I will do my best to be clear and intelligent. But keep in mind, I am subject to the whims of teenagers.P.S. As you can see, I've updated my website. I shall no longer be calling my blog Liquid Logic because, really, what's the point? A blog doesn't need a name. Also, you'll notice in the sidebar on the right that I have links for my bio, appearances, and press.