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[Grove Atlantic, Publisher]

Hi All,

Alice's publisher Grove Atlantic here! We have 25 copies of A Circle of Wives that we'd love to giveaway to the first 25 members of the group to ask Alice a question.

Once you've joined the group and submitted your question, please send us a direct message with your shipping info.

Cheers!
Grove Atlantic

[Cynthia]

Awesome! Thanks for your generous offer guys!

[Beth]

I was one of the first, but I already have the book.

[Georgia]

What made you think of this predicament? Was it based on fact or just something that came to mind??

[Shellye]

You do such a compelling job writing fully developed male characters. Is it more of a challenge writing men or do you just view them as an individual character with their own personality traits?

[Alice, Author of "Circle of Wives"]

Shellye wrote: "You do such a compelling job writing fully developed male characters. Is it more of a challenge writing men or do you just view them as an individual character with their own personality traits?"

In the sense of character development, I certainly keep in mind that they are men, but I want them to be fully developed, with their own ambitions, joys, sorrows, and vulnerabilities. So in that way, I don't write male characters different from women.

[Alice, Author of "Circle of Wives"]

Georgia wrote: "What made you think of this predicament? Was it based on fact or just something that came to mind??"

This was inspired by (but not in any way related to) a true incident that happened here in California about 8 years ago. I read about it in the newspaper, and it stuck with me!

[Tridib]

Hi Alice, This is Tridib from Kolkata, India. I want to ask you, what is the most challenging part to you in this book? I mean which part of the story made you think the most?..

Shipping info:

Tridib Ghosh
c/o Mr. Utpal Ghosh
Madarat Road(opp Station purbanchal durga mandir), P.O.Baruipur
Kolkata, West Bengal 700144
India

[Alice, Author of "Circle of Wives"]

The plot is what makes me think the most. I love writing the characterizations and the descriptions and the settings and the scenes, but figuring out what happens, in the right order, is always the challenging part for me.