Taryn

Taryn asked Rick Riordan:

Always wanted to know the answer to this ... do you edit your own work? Or do you have to have a second or third pair of eyes to help you? P.S. Huge fan of your work.

Rick Riordan I think this is true of any published writer, but yes, I edit my own work (countless times for every manuscript) then I have many other sets of eyes go over the document: my wife, then my editor and my agents, then the copyeditor who goes over all the details with a fine-toothed comb, and more recently often sensitivity readers who are very helpful checking me for any blindspots content-wise. By the time a book is published, it has been checked and re-checked and re-checked again at least a dozen times by a whole team of folks. The humbling thing is: Mistakes still get printed. Typos, misspellings, content errors, despite everyone's best efforts. The final responsibility is mine, of course. It's just wild how impossible it is to catch every mistake!

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Luna Cave asked Rick Riordan:

Hi Rick, I just wanted to tell you I was one of the lucky fans to be at the uk premiere and watched the first two episodes of the show with you. It was such a, honor and a dream come true. Does the half-blood in a wheelchair that appears in the show have a name?she’s a daughter of Apollo? Thank you!

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How many books do you plan on writing for the Magnus Chase series?

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Hakanshaa asked Rick Riordan:

Hi Uncle Rick! So, this is probably a weird question, but three series with five books each, two trilogies, several short stories, a standalone and two more books on the way, do you ever feel like you have run out of ideas? Like, after being done with a book, have you ever felt like your well of inspiration has finally drained? If yes, how do you get your inspiration back? Also, I'm a BIGGG fan!!!!

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