Morning Glory: AMANDA FILIPACCHI

 

AMANDA FILIPACCHI is the author of three novels: Nude Men (1993), Vapor (1999) and Love Creeps (2005). Amanda’s work has received widespread critical acclaim in the US and Europe. Her work has also been anthologized in The Best American Humor 1994 and Voices Of the Xiled. Her work offers a unique and unforgettable take on love and obsession. Love Creeps—one of The Village Voice’s top 25 books of 2005— Kirkus Reviews described it as a “penetrating work of psychological fiction,” and Booklist called it “brilliant.”  Nude Men is currently under option to be made into a film. To keep up with Amanda’s upcoming projects click here.

WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP?

4am, but only for the last couple of months.  Most of the time in my life I’ve woken up late.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?
Coffee and half a cup of intensely high-fiber wheat bran cereal with water.  (Then I flagellate myself — just kidding.)

ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES YOUR MOOD IN THE MORNING?
Down.
WHAT GETS YOUR JUICES FLOWING?
Sitting and racking my brains.  I try to come up with all the possibilities for every aspect of my novel, for every scene I’m writing.  I make thorough lists of these possibilities.  I don’t just pick the first ones that come to mind, because they are usually less interesting than the ones that come to me as the list gets longer.