Cinda MacKinnon
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Julie Christine Johnson:
Julie! How did you get a publisher for your first novel? How did you get in our local library? I was browsing through the new books and came across one that looked familiar. I picked up In Another Life and remembered your name – what a pleasant surprise! It has been on my “to read list” for a while but I confess it is such a long list I had forgotten about it. Never mind I started it yesterday. :)
Julie Christine Johnson
Hi Cinda! How wonderful to hear from you.
I found my agent and the publisher of IN ANOTHER LIFE on the same day- a bit of a faerie tale as far as authors are concerned. I pitched the novel to several agents and editors at a writers' conference, had requests for manuscripts from each and three weeks later, an offer of agent representation and an offer from my publisher came in the same day, about three hours apart.
The publisher for my second novel (THE CROWS OF BEARA, September 2017) came about through a process called "on submission". My agent sent the manuscript to several publishers and it found its home.
The library question is a bit more difficult to answer, but the short story is the library ordered it on their own volition. I received a very good review from the Library Journal and that is often how librarians make decisions about which books to order. Patron requests is another route. But it's all very much up to chance.
I'm so honored and thrilled that you are reading IN ANOTHER LIFE!
Warmest,
Julie
I found my agent and the publisher of IN ANOTHER LIFE on the same day- a bit of a faerie tale as far as authors are concerned. I pitched the novel to several agents and editors at a writers' conference, had requests for manuscripts from each and three weeks later, an offer of agent representation and an offer from my publisher came in the same day, about three hours apart.
The publisher for my second novel (THE CROWS OF BEARA, September 2017) came about through a process called "on submission". My agent sent the manuscript to several publishers and it found its home.
The library question is a bit more difficult to answer, but the short story is the library ordered it on their own volition. I received a very good review from the Library Journal and that is often how librarians make decisions about which books to order. Patron requests is another route. But it's all very much up to chance.
I'm so honored and thrilled that you are reading IN ANOTHER LIFE!
Warmest,
Julie
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Gregg Jones
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Julie Christine Johnson:
Hi Julie - I found your page after following your marvelous comment on "The English Patient". Your 2019 year in books contains many compelling titles on my TBR and CR lists. I tend to read more non-fiction, and historical fiction is also an interest area. My questions are: how much background research do you perform for your writing and do you do that research prior to, or during, your drafting? Thanks!! Gregg
Douglas Larson
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Julie Christine Johnson:
So did you read the remaining books in "The Dark is Rising" series? You reviewed "Over Sea, Under Stone". The tone of the remaining books in the series is more mature than Over Sea Under Stone though the three kids, plus a fourth are still the primary protagonists. In my opinion the 2nd book, "The Dark is Rising" is the best of the five, with the last "Silver on the Tree" a close 2nd best.
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