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Have you ever used a name from one of your readers? My name is so different, I really think it would be cool in print. You probably have seen it before. It's spelled like the Medical journal JAMA. But it isn't. It's pronounce Jay Ma. Oh well just wanted to know.

Fern Michaels I have a good memory and "store away" names of people I have met or have seen their names in print or heard on TV. Sometimes I may combine names.

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I think I have read most of the books you have written. Most of your characters seem to be snippets of people I know or are related to. I would like to ask how you got into writing as a career and how many rejections you got before someone published your first book. Do you still get rejections?

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Have you ever used a name from one of your readers? My name is so different, I really think it would be cool in print. You probably have seen it before. It's spelled like the Medical journal JAMA. But it isn't. It's pronounce Jay Ma. Oh well just wanted to know.

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What are you currently working on?

I think I have read most of the books you have written. Most of your characters seem to be snippets of people I know or are related to. I would like to ask how you got into writing as a career and how many rejections you got before someone published your first book. Do you still get rejections?

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