Cassandra Franco
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Emily McIntire:
Your'e my favorite author, and this is because you interact with your fans and actually care about our lives. Where there are others who dont. Was there any events in your life that helped you decide on what kind of author you want to be? Who you wanted to be for the people who would read your books? I hope I asked this right
Emily McIntire
omg ily, thank you!
I've been a writer since I could hold a pencil, so that's always just been integral to who I am as a person.
Getting cancer though, that changes anyone who it touches, and that made me realize what type of human being I want to be. What type of mother. Wife. Sister. Daughter. Friend... and I guess author, too.
I hope that my books are whatever the person needs, whether that's an escape from reality or a reflection into their own. If you find something to love, or even something to hate in my stories—as long as they're making people feel something then I think I've done my job.
To me, that's what art is about: Making people feel.
As for who I want to be for my readers (as a person) I just want to always be showing my gratefulness that you all put me in the position I'm in, in the first place. So I try to pay it forward whenever and wherever I can. Because of you, I'm able to do what I love and I don't ever take that for granted.
I've been a writer since I could hold a pencil, so that's always just been integral to who I am as a person.
Getting cancer though, that changes anyone who it touches, and that made me realize what type of human being I want to be. What type of mother. Wife. Sister. Daughter. Friend... and I guess author, too.
I hope that my books are whatever the person needs, whether that's an escape from reality or a reflection into their own. If you find something to love, or even something to hate in my stories—as long as they're making people feel something then I think I've done my job.
To me, that's what art is about: Making people feel.
As for who I want to be for my readers (as a person) I just want to always be showing my gratefulness that you all put me in the position I'm in, in the first place. So I try to pay it forward whenever and wherever I can. Because of you, I'm able to do what I love and I don't ever take that for granted.
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