What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Diaries of a Borderline?
Blue Evergarden's Diaries of a Borderline offers an intimate and transformative poetic journey, following a single protagonist’s quest for self-love and healing. Artfully divided into four parts, each section vividly portrays a tumultuous emotional odyssey.
Part 1, “Diaries of a Borderline,” centers on unraveling the aftermath of trauma, chronicling the protagonist’s struggle with dissociation, loneliness, and the elusive pursuit of reclaiming a shattered identity.
Delving deeper in Part 2, “This Is Why She Falls Apart,” Evergarden explores the delicate tapestry of self-worth and self-love, tracing the complicated journey of survival and reliance amidst inner turmoil and despair.
Entering a transformative phase in Part 3, “Leaving Her Graveyard,” the protagonist awakens to the potential of becoming everything she once believed she wasn’t, finding the resilience to confront her inner demons and emerge stronger.
Part 4, “The Gifts She Found,” celebrates the protagonist’s triumphant emergence into self-acceptance and inner tranquility. This final section encapsulates the euphoria of releasing past burdens, discovering self-love, and embracing the promise of a brighter future.
Diaries of a Borderline is a poignant, soul-stirring journey through the complexities of mental health and the transformative power of healing. With vivid prose and raw emotion, Evergarden weaves a tapestry of hope and resilience, inspiring those who tread similar paths.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I love experiencing poetry as if it were a sacred ritual—each line a star, the dark whispers. Can you feel it too? It’s the same genre I write, though my voice leans toward what I call haunted intimacy. Poetry, for me, isn’t a form; it’s a resonance.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
The Wild Iris by Louise Glück, A Magnificent Ordinary Love by Celia Martinez, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things, and She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace. I’m always drawn to collections that feel like they’re excavating memory through soft, revered strength.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
The scenes where her heart begins to root into her soul—even in the face of uncertainty. Especially then. Those were the moments I felt like I was writing from the edge of a cliff while still holding the hope of a garden in my chest.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
I do breathwork before I write—always. It grounds me. I also bring my stuffed animal companions—Jiji, Pikachu, and a shiny Celebi—with me to cafés. They sit with me while I write and remind me that tenderness is the language the light speaks.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
As we remember, so we bloom, and when we forget, may our feet return us to the soil that reminds us under a light that smiles us into bloom.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
It's in the way quiet musings the heart learns to attune to absolve the ghost.
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