Ninedaysaqueen
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Nancy Springer:
Thank you so much for deciding to continue Enola Holmes. I was delighted with the ending, but I recently re-read the series and was reminded of how much I missed Enola. Like Sherlock, I can't wait to see what she'll do next. Enola running away from her brothers and finding her mother was the overall plot of the six books. Will there be an overall plot connecting the books together in this continuation? Thank you!
Nancy Springer
You know, when I wrote the first Enola Holmes book I intended to keep going ad infinitum, but Enola insisted on progressing as a person with each book, thus ending the series at six. The character arc was her idea.
Put another way: I write in very much the same manner that Enola ran away from Ferndell, prepared for most contingencies but planning not to plan, thereby hoping to outsmart myself. There may be some sort of plot or theme in the forthcoming books that I haven't heard about yet. We can hope.
Put another way: I write in very much the same manner that Enola ran away from Ferndell, prepared for most contingencies but planning not to plan, thereby hoping to outsmart myself. There may be some sort of plot or theme in the forthcoming books that I haven't heard about yet. We can hope.
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BookSweetie
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Nancy Springer:
I wish I had dozens more to read. I'm interested in how long it takes you to get a good first draft done -- and if you find yourself having to do a lot or a little rewriting? Also, did the first in the series take longer to write than the subsequent books? Did any of the books "write themselves" much more quickly or more slowly than the others?
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Feb 09, 2015 02:11PM · flag