Cedricsmom
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Carol Goodman:
Hi Ms. Goodman. I loved Lake of Dead Languages and just finished reading the Night Visitors. Your books always seem like they're written from your own personal history, although I realize that's probably not true. How do you always manage to inject that kind of realism into your stories?
Carol Goodman
First of all, thank you so much for reading and for your kind words! You've made your own day. To answer your question, I do put bits and pieces of my personal history in my books, but usually changed. For instance, like Jane I was a single mother who had to figure out how to survive but I had parents to go home to. I immediately wondered, though, what I would have done if I hadn't been so lucky ... so the idea of working at a boarding school came to me. In The Night Visitors I actually went to work for a hotline to get the experience to write the book. I'd say it's usually a combination of Personal Experience + Speculation + Imagination. The details are often very different by the time they make it to the page, but I've still got the same emotional investment in them. Thanks for asking! And again, thanks so much for reading my books!
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Janet
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Carol Goodman:
I spent the first 64 years of my life in the Hudson Valley. A year & a half ago I moved to Oregon to be with my son & his family. I love being here but I miss the Northeast, especially in the fall: the smells & the colors & the crisp air that overwhelms after a muggy summer. I just read The Widow's House & I can't thank you enough for bringing me home. How many of your books are in the Hudson Valley?
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Carol Goodman:
Hi Carol, you are my very favourite writer and I loved both Fairwick and Blyhewood. My question is how was it working with your other half on The Black Swan trilogy? What were your methods in regards to who wrote what etc? Do you think you would collaborate again? Maybe it's more than one question...one question with appendices? I hope that's ok. Thank you for your beautiful writing.
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Carol Goodman:
Fairwick Chronicles: Loooved them!!! Loved all of it! I am pining for more. Could you, at some later point, make more? (Desired future scenes: how trustworthy is the queen? Natural relationship growing pains, changes; enemies & bad habits from his past; adaption pains to the modern world; sidekicks and their touching stories; fertility-related touching-scenarios, fireworks and vulnerability to bad-guys).
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