Brianna
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Rin Chupeco:
I am a young author and i'm working on finishing a couple books. I won't be done writing them for awhile though. I just was wondering how you became an author and got your books out there. I'm also wondering if I can be a writer through Good Reads the same as you. I just wanted to see if you could give me any good tips. Do you have like any advice or answers? I would say more but Good Reads doesn't let me.
Rin Chupeco
Technically I don't become a writer through Goodreads - it's just that people on Goodreads adds my books here!
I went through the usual querying route - looked up agents I liked, emailed them my query letter + book chapters, waited to hear back to offer representation! I live in the Philippines and thought it might be a different experience for me than a writer in the US, but it absolutely isn't!
This is for the traditional route, by the way - indie/self-publishing will be a lot different, with you taking on the promos, book design, marketing, etc. instead of your publisher doing most of it for you! Good luck - hope to see your books in stores one day! :)
I went through the usual querying route - looked up agents I liked, emailed them my query letter + book chapters, waited to hear back to offer representation! I live in the Philippines and thought it might be a different experience for me than a writer in the US, but it absolutely isn't!
This is for the traditional route, by the way - indie/self-publishing will be a lot different, with you taking on the promos, book design, marketing, etc. instead of your publisher doing most of it for you! Good luck - hope to see your books in stores one day! :)
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Eleanor
asked
Rin Chupeco:
Hello Rin! I really liked your book called the girl from the well. It was well written and I like the main ghost Okiku. I was wondering if you're going to make another book like this with Japanese ghosts. I love Japanese horror, cool and very scary. Hopefully you'll make more books, you're a really great author!
Mark Warner
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Rin Chupeco:
Hi Rin...! I love the way you write...so, I was wondering...I've always believed it's easier to come up with a good idea for a story, follow it up with a pretty good build up in the middle...but to come up with a really great ending...that was really rare and difficult to do. Do you feel coming up with mind blowing conclusions are the hardest things when you write..?? Thank you...I can't wait for The Bone Witch.
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