T. Straker
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Charlaine Harris:
Hi Charaine, I have about 4 Sookie books on my shelf and haven't started reading them yet because I don't have the first one. I've seen the series, however, and I loved it. My question is, did you find it difficult to represent the southern accents in writing? Did you have to pull them back a lot so that people could understand them? It's something I hear a lot about. Many thanks. T
Charlaine Harris
I never attempt to write dialect. It almost never works. I write dialogue in southern speech patterns, and that seems to work to convey the sense of place.
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Jenny
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Charlaine Harris:
I've seen you state that you have to wait till or if your publisher requests for you to write more books in a series. Is that how it is for all your book series? If you have an idea, something you think might really work/add to a series can you pitch it to someone? How does that process work? And what's your process when you come up with a brand new idea for a book or series? Thanks!! :)
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