Davis: My publisher Inkyard Press wanted to do something extraordinary for this book because they think it’s pretty special. Triada: And the cover! My God, Dana, it’s breathtaking. And from the “nothing,” came what I feel is my greatest writing achievement.
I mean…if we didn’t feel those things, we wouldn’t know the joy of winning and the joy of being inspired. I decided that particular phase or space, is equally important to our creative phases. Davis: Sometimes we find ourselves in a place where we are not being creative and we beat ourselves up about it. Triada: That’s fascinating! I love how you put that: the “nothing.” What does that mean to you?ĭana L. The greatest love story of all time didn’t have any people of color in it! So why not fix that? That’s the short version of how it all began. And when I decided to start writing again, I figured, why not right a terrible wrong. And I started listening to Broadway music, remembering how much I loved it. I played the song, sung by Hailey Kilgore, the actress starring in the revival, and I just started crying in my car. (I can laugh about it now) But one day, I was reminiscing on a musical I did in college called Once on This Island and wanted to hear one of my favorite songs from it, "Waiting for Life." I searched it out on YouTube and was surprised to see the musical was back on Broadway.
Like, I’d drop my kiddo off at school and literally sit in my car staring out into space. I had terrible writer’s block and I was feeling the burden of a lot of things going on in my career. Davis: A few things converged all together at a strange time for me.
Triada: This sounds so good (and IS a phenomenal read)! What inspired a re-telling set in the world of Broadway?ĭana L.
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