June 20, 2006

The ancestors in Sistren are real people. They come from my own family tree. I found them over the course of years doing genealogy research at familysearch.org and other places. As details accumulate from the past, to me there comes a point when a life is evoked.

May 1, 2006

Like many others, I find the Descent of Inanna inspiring because it is about a female hero. Inanna's heroic journey changes the world, bringing about a new balance between the mundane and the sacred. Her willingness to response to the call of the "great below" benefits her whole people, as well as her personal inner life.

April 20, 2006

The story in Sistren evolved over quite a long period. Some parts -- Erika's journal, for instance -- are more than ten years old. It just seemed to require time for this book to finish.

April 17, 2006

I thought I had made up the word "sistren" (a plural of the word “sister” with mythic or ritual connotations, as – “brethren”). But I've found out since that it's been used by many others, generally in the same sense.

April 15, 2006

The house in Sistren is based on an actual house. Some years ago, while I was living in New York City, we rented a weekend place in northwestern Connecticut. I used this house as the one where Erika has lived, and Nina arrives. It had the same screened porch and room layout, and it perched on the side of a hill with a wonderful view to the west.

The driveway was a bumpy challenge. No Old Growth forest, though. Just smaller trees crowding in on the yard.


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Cambridge, MA 02140

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