FAQ.

Though not really.

Q- Is it really possible to get hooked on Novacaine?
A- In this world? No. In my world? Very much so.

Q- What the fuck, Opal?
A- I stole it from Trent Reznor.

Q- What's up with Tre's dream in Chapter 12? Foreshadowing?
A- Wordcount, silly. at least I foreshadow better than Smeyer!

Q- So where do you the the Epilogu titles?
A- Homecoming is a Green Day song off American Idiot. It has five parts (The Death of St. Jimmy, East 21st Street, Nobody Likes You, Rock 'n' Roll Girlfriend, and We're Coming Home).
--The Deaths of Christian and Gloria was modified from The Death of St. Jimmy and similar to a comprehensive title for the Epilogue - Christian and Gloria's Eulogy.
--The City... is pretty obvious
--Catastrophic Hymns From Yesterday fits the scene, doesn't it? It's a lyric from the song Misery by Green Day off Warning ("the catastrophic hymns from yesterday of misery...")
--Deadbeat Holiday is a Green Day song off Warning
--21st Century Breakdown (reprise) is a closer... a reprise of a song, in a musical, is performing it again, although differently, right? It's mirroring the first 21st Century Breakdown. Except, less despair and more hope.

Q- Dates?
A- There is a calendar for this -- two, one that's with chapters and another from Billie Joe's POV. It starts May 1st and ends July 31st. I did that with the dates on purpose.

Q- What inspired you to write this?
A- When I saw the image on the cover. I was like "Oh, I know what my NaNo this year's gonna be."

Q- Favorite 21st Century Breakdown song? Favorite chapter of the novel?
A- My current favorite song is either Before the Lobotomy, Christians Inferno, or Horseshoes & Handgrenades. My favorite chapter is... hm... American Eulogy, actually. I also really like how Homecoming came out. I also adore my rambling about hair coloring in Restless Heart Syndrome. 21 Guns also came out pretty good. I actually really don't like how most of the first act was, actually. But I love the sexytime in Peacemaker.

Q- What is/was Minority and Welcome to Paradise?
A- The original epilogues. There was actually a whole epilogue act (Act Four - Broken Dreams and Minorities) at one point. Originally, they were just gonna quit the Class of Thirteen (thus Mass Hysteria). Then they'd leave. Minority was gonna be Billie reflecting on his life. Welcome to Paradise was some months later, reflecting on life in the City once more (see: 21st Century Breakdown (reprise))...

Q- How do you pronounce reprise?
A- If we nouning it, (as in *song title (reprise)*) then ree-pree-ze. If it's a verb (to reprise a song) then re-prize.