Mani
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Lisa See:
I've just read about your new project and I can´t wait, Your books bring such an insight on a culture that "westeners" may never fully and trully understand, I´m always learning lots of new things by reading your novels! thankyou so much for portraying China like that. So the question is: How long does it usually take you to finish a book, from start ( when you come up with the idea) until you see it published?
Lisa See
Thank you so much for your kind words about my books Mani! I'm so glad you've enjoyed them, and are excited for my next novel!
I'm sorry to say I never know how to answer this question. I think about books for a long time before I sit down to write them. So, is it the two years from the day I decide this is the one until I deliver it to my publisher? Is it the five to eight years that I’ve been thinking about the idea and maybe collecting little bits and pieces of research? Or is it my entire life, because I feel like I put everything I know—about life and relationships up to this point—in a book?
I'm sorry to say I never know how to answer this question. I think about books for a long time before I sit down to write them. So, is it the two years from the day I decide this is the one until I deliver it to my publisher? Is it the five to eight years that I’ve been thinking about the idea and maybe collecting little bits and pieces of research? Or is it my entire life, because I feel like I put everything I know—about life and relationships up to this point—in a book?
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Alyssa Ascatigno
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Lisa See:
Hi Lisa. I love your books. I was wondering if you have any books coming out in the next year? Where should I look to find out such information in the future. I work in a library and would like to put reserves on new books coming out for our patrons, as far in advance as possible. Thanks a bunch.
Kung Tsu
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Lisa See:
Hi Lisa, I've been fan since Gold Mountain and that is my favorite book! I've been living in south China for the past five years as an American born Chinese. I like your impression and opinion of the Chinese people today of how their social behavior within all different economic groups from poor to rich from family values, foreign influences, and is the "social" gap widening between men and women of this country? ty!
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