Georgia hillstrom
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Ed Baldwin:
thank you for the friend request I like this site goodreads, I have not found another site as easy to connect with authors and other readers. This will be the first book of yours that I am reading. Are some of the characters in your books based on people you have met in your lifetime? Do you ever finish a book and after thought wish you had added more to a situation or character?
Ed Baldwin
Georgia,
Most characters begin with someone in mind, but soon they have their own personalities. As the story goes on the characters grow and I am continually surprised at what comes up. Writing a book is like reading a book, except you can change your mind and change a whole section.
The Fourth Domain was finished, I thought. My editor didn't like the ending and thought the beginning too slow in getting started. I revised it with more fireworks at the beginning and changed the end completely.
Once the story is truly done I don't think about it anymore and go on to the next story. I finished Domain in November, revised it between Christmas and the end of January and then went back to writing the next book, Sliding Delta. That one is essentially finished and I'm researching Little River Empire.
Most characters begin with someone in mind, but soon they have their own personalities. As the story goes on the characters grow and I am continually surprised at what comes up. Writing a book is like reading a book, except you can change your mind and change a whole section.
The Fourth Domain was finished, I thought. My editor didn't like the ending and thought the beginning too slow in getting started. I revised it with more fireworks at the beginning and changed the end completely.
Once the story is truly done I don't think about it anymore and go on to the next story. I finished Domain in November, revised it between Christmas and the end of January and then went back to writing the next book, Sliding Delta. That one is essentially finished and I'm researching Little River Empire.
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Susie James
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Ed Baldwin:
I am a Carroll Countian (Miss.) and have been a fan of Mississippi John Hurt for years! I take it "Sliding Delta" is historical fiction? I'd love to win a copy! A graduate of MSCW in 1970, I've written stories and poems of my own as well as doing a good deal of historical research after my return to Carroll County in the mid to late 1980s.
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Jul 11, 2015 09:16AM · flag