William Chick
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Charlie Gallagher:
Hi Charlie, I was wondering about how long it takes you to complete a book from initial idea to final draft?
Charlie Gallagher
Bill,
Thanks so much for the question. It seems to take me around four months to get from a starting point to a final draft. I get very obsessed and absorbed with the story (just ask the wife!) and I will work on it just about every available minute. I will say that every book seems to be different - the last book 'He Knows Your Secrets' was the quickest I have ever written a story, it just seemed to all fall into place. They are not always like that!
I hope this answers your question.
Kindest regards,
Charlie.
Thanks so much for the question. It seems to take me around four months to get from a starting point to a final draft. I get very obsessed and absorbed with the story (just ask the wife!) and I will work on it just about every available minute. I will say that every book seems to be different - the last book 'He Knows Your Secrets' was the quickest I have ever written a story, it just seemed to all fall into place. They are not always like that!
I hope this answers your question.
Kindest regards,
Charlie.
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Simon Fenwick
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Charlie Gallagher:
I am currently reading your Maddie Ives series. I am finding the stories very good but why oh why, when they are set in and around Canterbury and places like Margate, Ashford, Thanet and Dover are mentioned, have you called the county Lennockshire? Everybody knows that they are in Kent. Also, if you are going to create a fictional place in the same county, you should use a fictional name not that is way up north?
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