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Lisa
Lisa asked Julia Glass:

Hi was it difficult to revisit the characters from a previous book after so many years removed from creating them? p.s. work at the Lincoln Public Library and want to say hi Lisa

Julia Glass Greetings to the most important library in my life! (Though I miss the version of the library I knew as a child, before the fancy additions and alterations of the 1980s.) In answer to your question, it was challenging, but because I had been longing to revisit a certain character--Lucinda Burns--from my first novel, it was more exciting than difficult. I did have to reread "Three Junes," and I did so with some trepidation, because I was afraid I might be disappointed by my own writing or feel the impossible urge to rewrite parts of it--but happily, that wasn't the case. Sometimes I did find myself surprised by "facts" I had misremembered (for instance, Malachy Burns's birth order), and teasing out a plot line involving a "secret child" meant extending the story further back in the past than I had originally intended, but I love taking characters i've known for years and introducing them to new characters--seeing where the chemistry takes them.
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Vic Marriott
Vic Marriott asked Julia Glass:

I find you characters to be genuine and unique and the real source of the power in your stories. Can you address where these characters come from and the process that creates them?

Kirsten Schmidt
Kirsten Schmidt asked Julia Glass:

Dear Julia Glass I have no questions, but just want to let you know how much a love you novels. I live in Europe (Denmark) and listen to your novels via Audible. I am looking forward to the next one with no patience at all :-) I question could be when to expect a new novel from you ? LOL Kirsten

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A Goodreads user asked Julia Glass:

Your books express a great deal of empathy for closeted gay characters but also for any number of other characters who have had difficulty finding and expressing love. You're also interested in your character's talents and their efforts to discover and do their chosen work. In your fiction or in life, can someone find happiness without either romantic love or an abiding passion for a job or profession?

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