And

I began working on this project that I thought was based in this weird reality.

As characters do, because I'm a writer who follows character, they go off and do what they want.

This particular character decided to go study with Nadia Boulanger.

And I literally can remember the moment that happened.

I remember where I was sitting and I was typing and I was like, wow, Nadia Boulanger, huh? And I thought, well, at that point I had never been to Paris in my life.

I thought this could be tricky.

now I