Betty
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Laini Giles:
How did you come to pick Marie Prevost as the star of your next book? Good choice btw. I love how you use your background as a genealogist to research your characters. Looking forward to your next book.
Laini Giles
Hi Betty--
Hmmmm... you know, I don't remember the exact impulse that told me she would be a good topic. I have a feeling it was while thumbing through my very worn copy of Michael Ankerich's Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels. Anytime I run across a gal's story that is poignant, possibly funny in places, and with an interesting glimpse of theater and/or Hollywood...I'm intrigued. Even more so if it has a "what might have been" quality to it.
I LOVE the research! Part of the fun for me is running across facts that others may not have discovered or that can make these people leap off the page! :) I'm so happy you're looking forward to the next book! I'm busy trying to make it a winner. I wish it didn't take me so long between them. Although the research is what I LOVE, it's also VERY time consuming! Thanks for writing.
Hmmmm... you know, I don't remember the exact impulse that told me she would be a good topic. I have a feeling it was while thumbing through my very worn copy of Michael Ankerich's Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels. Anytime I run across a gal's story that is poignant, possibly funny in places, and with an interesting glimpse of theater and/or Hollywood...I'm intrigued. Even more so if it has a "what might have been" quality to it.
I LOVE the research! Part of the fun for me is running across facts that others may not have discovered or that can make these people leap off the page! :) I'm so happy you're looking forward to the next book! I'm busy trying to make it a winner. I wish it didn't take me so long between them. Although the research is what I LOVE, it's also VERY time consuming! Thanks for writing.
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