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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:28:29 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Karin:<br/><br/>All done with LIES, it is in the can as we say, has been for months.  I'm now around page 450 of PLAGUE.<br/><br/>Sounds cheerful, don't you think?<br/><br/>Danni:<br/><br/>I'll spell it out . . . eventually.  Bwah hah hah hah!<br/><br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:58:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I would actually love for books to come out quicker.  I can write two GONE books a year, but unfortunately the way the biz works they don't want them coming out at 6 month intervals.  FYI, I'm about 75% done with book #4 (PLAGUE.)  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Re; Previews.  Yes, but I don't know when.<br/><br/>Re: Covers.  Sam and Astrid on the cover of LIES, Drake (Hmmm, I thought he was dead . . .) and Brittney on the back.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:44:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I deeply admire this book.  It is brilliant, dark, stunning, imaginative . . . all those adjectives people throw around when reviewing great books.  And this is a great book.  Absolutely wonderful. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:36:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Hmm, I'm trying to remember.  Yes, there is one new character.  And another that's kind of a new character.  Or an old character who is very, very different.]]></body>
        
    
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