Gayle Parish
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Charlaine Harris:
When you published your first novel how did you find people who weren't related to you or your friends to review it? I'm about to publish my first novel at the age of 80 and would like to find a few people to review it that might be more objective than those close to me.
Charlaine Harris
That was forty years ago, Gayle, so it may not be relevant. My publisher, Houghton Mifflin, had a relationship with many reviewers. HM sent out galleys, like publishers do now. Of course, since I was a new writer, "Sweet and Deadly" didn't get many reviews. Word of mouth is the best selling tool, and it took me a while to build up a readership.
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Mike Mckeon
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Charlaine Harris:
I love the new Midnight series, but I missed where exactly Manfred met Sookie, was it a short story? I seem to remember that Manfred mentioned in the Grave series that he met a telepath, but I could be mistaken. I love that you're merging all you series to a Harrisverse!
Michelle Bursey
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Charlaine Harris:
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question :) I have wanted to write my own book for a while now, not that I will write the next best book or anything, but I have a passion for reading and writing. Do you have any advise to offer on how to start a book? I have some ideas but I struggle to get them to paper. Thanks again and I hope to hear from you :)
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