Victoria
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Susan Mallery:
Here's a writing technique question: One of the things you are so good at is building a world for the characters to move around in. Do you have any specific techniques/hints about how you accomplish this? Thanks for your lovely work!
Susan Mallery
Hi, Victoria. One of the things that really helps me is to have a map, like the map of Mischief Bay that you’ll find at www.MischiefBay.com. The map is great for readers, but it’s also wonderful for me while I’m writing. I’m working on the second Mischief Bay book now, and I keep referring back to the map to see where all the businesses are, where the characters live, that kind of thing.
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Patrice
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Susan Mallery:
Hello Susan, I am an avid reader and especially love your books. I have read some of the Q&A from the past few days; and I am curious about what you like to read. Do you have the time to read other people's work, when it sounds like you have "full plate" all the time. Do you have any favorite authors of your own and do you read different genres?
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