Ask the Author: Kristin Hannah
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Kristin Hannah
Thank you so much, Octavia!! I don't see a sequel to night road yet, but you never know!! :)
Kristin Hannah
Lol! The Nighingale!
Kristin Hannah
Hi Jodi!! My favorite novel to date is The Nightingale. Next is Winter Garden. Thanks for asking!
Kristin Hannah
LOL. Hi Barbara. Where is SA???
Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale was inspired in part by the story of Andree de Jongh, an amazing nineteen year old Belgian woman who began the Comet line, as escape route through German occupied France during World War II.
Kristin Hannah
I write regardless of inspiration, really. The best inspiration is to have something to write and something to say, which really means to live well and love well and read a lot and watch a lot of movies. And then to sit in front of the computer every day and get started.
Kristin Hannah
LOL. The Nightingale is a tough book to follow up, but I'm working on it. A contemporary family drama. That's all I know at this point. :)
Kristin Hannah
You might want to read other answers in this thread. I urge you to read a lot, write every day that you can, join a critique group, join a writer's group, attend classes, go to conferences, and keep believing in yourself. Half the battle is never giving up.
Kristin Hannah
The best thing about being a writer is working at home. It allowed me to be the at home mom I wanted to be. :)
Kristin Hannah
Hello and thanks! I don't let the idea of writer's block into my mind. That's not to say I never suffer with what to write next, I just frame as a problem to be solved with research, rather than labeling it as a problem.
Kristin Hannah
Hi Gleneatte--
LOL! I hear that a lot. Readers what to hear what happens "after." I don't have a plan to write a sequel of Night Road right now, but you never know...
LOL! I hear that a lot. Readers what to hear what happens "after." I don't have a plan to write a sequel of Night Road right now, but you never know...
Kristin Hannah
Hi Christine! I started writing because I wanted to be an at home mom. It is a great job for that. :)
Kristin Hannah
Hi Amanda,
No, I don't usually picture anyone, although I did see Jennifer Lawrence as Isabelle in Nightingale. Thanks!
No, I don't usually picture anyone, although I did see Jennifer Lawrence as Isabelle in Nightingale. Thanks!
Kristin Hannah
Hi Johanna, this is a great question but hard to answer. It's a tie between Kate in Firefly Lane and Jolene in Home Front.
Kristin Hannah
Thanks, Jennifer! Hope you love it!
Kristin Hannah
Hi Marilyn--
Thanks for your question. I know it sounds cliché, but the hardest thing you will ever do is to commit completely to beginning to write. The most important moment is to simply begin. Then you write the next day, and the next and the next. Don't worry about how good you are, just focus on learning the craft. Take classes, go to conferences, find a critique group. And read everything you can with an analytical eye. Good luck!
Thanks for your question. I know it sounds cliché, but the hardest thing you will ever do is to commit completely to beginning to write. The most important moment is to simply begin. Then you write the next day, and the next and the next. Don't worry about how good you are, just focus on learning the craft. Take classes, go to conferences, find a critique group. And read everything you can with an analytical eye. Good luck!
Kristin Hannah
Hi Marsha--I'm all for it! I would love to see one of my books made into a movie. I don't usually picture actors or actresses in a role. I think that's because I need to have them completely in my head.
Kristin Hannah
Hi Julie---
My advice is to write, write, write. Take classes, go to conferences, find a critique partner. And don't give up. It can take a long time, but every hour you spend learning your craft will matter in the end.
My advice is to write, write, write. Take classes, go to conferences, find a critique partner. And don't give up. It can take a long time, but every hour you spend learning your craft will matter in the end.
Kristin Hannah
Helo Khaliesah!
I am so glad you loved the book! I'm sad to say that I don't plan a sequel right now, but I never say never. :)
I am so glad you loved the book! I'm sad to say that I don't plan a sequel right now, but I never say never. :)
Kristin Hannah
Thanks so much, Justin! What do you write? I was inspired to write Winter Garden by the amazing true story of the Siege of Leningrad. I couldn't believe I hadn't read much about the women who survived it.
It is such a powerful true story, I just had to re-imagine it for myself.
It is such a powerful true story, I just had to re-imagine it for myself.
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