Sara
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Barbara Freethy:
I love the emotion that you build into your characters, when you start writing a book, how do you start to craft the characters?
Barbara Freethy
Thanks so much! My characters take a long time to really come to life. I find that as I write them, they develop and change. It's not until I'm writing dialogue and I hear them speak and I think about how they would act or react that I fully get to know them. I wish I could see them more clearly from the very beginning, but they always take on more shades and dimensions as we get to know each other! I like to write about people that we can all relate to; they just find themselves in extraordinary situations that are fun, sometimes scary, and always intriguing!
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Cindy
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Barbara Freethy:
Saturday morning, 3/22/16 Barbara, If my brain is functioning correctly, thanks for your Happy Birthday wish back on February 19th. As I've said before, I must be one of the world's slowest person to respond to messages sent to me. However, I have pre-ordered Tender Is The Night and it better be downloaded into my NOOK on April 4th! I appreciate your early Happy Birthday wishes back on 2/22?
Cindy
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Barbara Freethy:
2/17/16 Barbara, Thanks for your reply! I will be pre-ordering TENDER IS THE NIGHT on March 1st; when I'll be optimistic, your newest Volume in the Callaways will be showing as available for pre-order on the B&N website! That's a little less than two weeks away and hopefully by then, this frigid winter will be going away; as I'd really not like to have a major snowstorm on my birthday 3/18?
Trisha
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Barbara Freethy:
My true passion as a child, was writing.10 years go, turning 40, I began writing a short novel - still unfinished - Due to many personal changes since then (divorce, new home, new career, new relationship) I cant seem to devote the time to write again, although read daily. Any suggestions would be most helpful - Just finished reading Daniel's Gift - touched me profoundly - you sure speak my "language"!
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