Elda
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Lisa See:
Dear Lisa See, One of my biggest dreams is becoming a writer and next year I will attend the literature university .I am a girl full of dreams,who talks to angels and plays with the stars. I write poems ,but I truly want to write novels. I wanted to ask you , when did you start writing ?
Lisa See
I would have been about 21 when I got my first magazine assignment. I went to school for two years, took two years off, and came back. When I came back from Europe, my mother helped me get my first two assignments. The first was a giveaway article for sports, and the other was one for a magazine she didn’t want to write…I can’t even remember what they paid, but it was something like a nickel a word. It was not very much, but it gave me tear sheets and something for me to show, and to prove that I could meet a deadline. It certainly couldn’t pay the rent, but those things were worth the time that I put in.
I wish you the best of luck in all of your writing endeavors Elda!
I wish you the best of luck in all of your writing endeavors Elda!
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Martina
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Lisa See:
Hi Lisa, I just wanted to say hi and share that The Island of Sea Women was the most powerful book I read in 2022. Over the past few years, I've become very picky with what I like, so when I found myself completely immersed in this book, feeling the story in my bones, I felt incredibly grateful. My question is: how do you choose the time period of the storylines you want to write about?
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Lisa See:
Hi Lisa! I just wanted to say thank you for writing "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane." It's one of my favorite books -- the ending was absolutely beautiful and made me cry. As a Chinese-American myself, Li-yan's story really touched me on a personal level and made me think about my relationship with my family. Oh, I also have a fondness for tea, so that part was fascinating! Lee L. from So Cal :-) (had to add ?)
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