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“Dear Readers (and Potential Readers):

I'll be answering questions about REMODELING EVE later in January so please let me know what you're wondering about. Happy reading in 2015!” Helen Kantor

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How did you research this book? You are really able to get into the head of Audrey, who lives in this world of magical realism, and make her really come to life on the page - it's not a trite, constructed version of a teenager caught in that kind of world. It's totally believable. How did you do it?
Helen Kantor Audrey didn't really become vivid for me until I wrote her in first person. And most of getting into that persona really involved stepping back into my own childhood imagination. I was surprised to find it is still in there, and still accessible. Doing this was one of the great pleasures of writing this story. Thanks for asking such a great question.
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What writers inspired you the most?
Helen Kantor The answer to this question changes daily and monthly and yearly. Right now I'm going to go with Margaret Atwood. I also just finished reading Neil Gaiman, American Gods. A lot of speculative fiction right now, I guess! But I'm always in awe of Alice Munro, Barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible, and Blindness by Jose Saramago. Boy, that one will change the way you look at the world. Thanks for asking!
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Helen Kantor I was at Lucien Freud art exhibit with a friend and we were talking about our teenage kids on the threshold of becoming sexually active. You never know...
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What are you currently working on?
Helen Kantor Currently, I'm working on letting people know about REMODELING EVE, my debut novel. Check it out here on Goodreads!
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Helen Kantor Read, read, read. The more you read the better you write.

PS. You do have to show up consistently and write.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Helen Kantor Surf the web, defrost the freezer (oh wait that's no longer a thing), tidy the house, check email, check Facebook, check email again, take a nap, get fed up with wasting time and lower my expectations so that I generate something to fix.
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