I loved your books from the beginning to the very end, I fell in love with Caleb and I just wish he were real. I am a beginner writer and you as well as other authors encourage me to keep on. I have two questions. Is Caleb inspired in a real person? Can you give me an advice for my writing, or any kind of recommendation?

Lisa McMann Thank you! I'm so glad you're encouraged to keep writing. Other writers do that for me, too!

Cabe is fictional but he has some of the qualities that my husband and son have, like his sensitivity.

Writing advice: Take one of the books you love to read over and over again, and ask yourself why you like re-reading it even though you know exactly what's going to happen. What is it about certain passages that you love? Once you figure that out, try to imitate that in your own writing with your own characters, plot, setting, etc. Good luck!

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