Cesca Zohar
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Lisa See:
1. What do think most characterizes your writing? 2. What inspires you to write?
Lisa See
I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to answer your question! I've been busy on my new novel, causing some things to fall to the wayside...
To answer your questions: 1. I hope all of my novels share certain characteristics: great characters you can connect with, deep emotions that pull people deeper into the story, and a plot that keeps you turning the pages. 2.I’m inspired by the outdoors. I love the ocean and the mountains. I love their expansiveness. They remind me how small and insignificant I am. I’m also inspired by my sons. So much of what I do is to make them proud of me. Finally, I would say that I’m inspired by things I don’t know. For example, when I first heard about nu shu I thought, how could this exist and I didn’t know? Then I thought, how could this exist and we all didn’t know. That set me on a journey that at first was a personal interest and then became a passion and an obsession.
To answer your questions: 1. I hope all of my novels share certain characteristics: great characters you can connect with, deep emotions that pull people deeper into the story, and a plot that keeps you turning the pages. 2.I’m inspired by the outdoors. I love the ocean and the mountains. I love their expansiveness. They remind me how small and insignificant I am. I’m also inspired by my sons. So much of what I do is to make them proud of me. Finally, I would say that I’m inspired by things I don’t know. For example, when I first heard about nu shu I thought, how could this exist and I didn’t know? Then I thought, how could this exist and we all didn’t know. That set me on a journey that at first was a personal interest and then became a passion and an obsession.
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Donna
asked
Lisa See:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan was my very favorite of your novels. It was also the first one I read. My neighbor, who is Chinese American gave it to me and it opened up wonderful stories of his mother in China who refused to have her feet wrapped. You may history very approachable. Do you do most of your research online or do you travel to China and visit libraries and museums?
Barbara
asked
Lisa See:
I just finished "the island of sea woman". good book and interesting subject. Thank you for introducing Hendrick Hamel. Looking forward to read his journal. While in the subject of woman divers, I would like to read a historical novel about the Japanese pearl divers. Do you know of any good read using ama as the main topic?
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