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Hi,

Read your book. Loved it :)
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Gwenn wrote: "Thank you for the request! I received your message and beg for your patience as I am doing a lot of video editing right now and am kind of scatterbrained!

Parvathy wrote: "Hi, Thank you so much f..."

Okay, I am just happy to know that you took my request into consideration :)

Thank you for the request! I received your message and beg for your patience as I am doing a lot of video editing right now and am kind of scatterbrained!

Parvathy wrote: "Hi, Thank you so much for accepting my friend request:)"

Melanie, you can find The von Strassenberg Saga on Amazon. I hope that helps!

Melanie wrote: "Hello Mam ,Thanks for accepting :)

I was wondering where I could find your book. Because it is not available in any of the stores around here. I am from India by the way. And Flipkart is showing ..."

Hello Mam ,Thanks for accepting :)

I was wondering where I could find your book. Because it is not available in any of the stores around here. I am from India by the way. And Flipkart is showing stock out. Please help

Hi, Thank you so much for accepting my friend request:)

Hey Gwenn! Thanks for the friend request, I look forward to chatting books with you. :')

Hello...mother

Colby wrote: "I'm so glad to see that you are working on books other than the sequel to Filter!"
Speaking of which....Bluestocking Girl (Book 2) is now live!

Keight wrote: "SUP GIRL" Hey lady! Oh....just got the boys off to school and threw another round of laundry in, getting ready to start writing. The coffee has kicked in a bit by now. And you? How are you? You can send me a message if you want. Hope all is well or, in the very least, getting better. :)

Heather wrote: "OH MY GOODNESS the cover is GORGEOUS!!!! I almost jumped up and down when I saw it."

You totally SHOULD jump up and down because Dani has fantastically mad skillz! I mean, LOOK AT THE BLOOD!

OH MY GOODNESS the cover is GORGEOUS!!!! I almost jumped up and down when I saw it.

Gwenn wrote: "Colby wrote: "I'm so glad to see that you are working on books other than the sequel to Filter!"

I'm hyperactive like that! Or I just have commitment issues!"

Haha, well either way, I get to read something new from you. I'm excited!

Colby wrote: "I'm so glad to see that you are working on books other than the sequel to Filter!"

I'm hyperactive like that! Or I just have commitment issues!

I'm so glad to see that you are working on books other than the sequel to Filter!

Nan wrote: "Gwenn wrote: "Nan wrote: "Gwenn wrote: "Keight wrote: "Oh man, I hope you're enjoying In The Woods. If you are, you definitely need to read The Likeness and Faithful Place. Tana French is AWESOME."..."

Goodness, that's awful. And it certainly would make the subject matter difficult to digest. And I would agree. This isn't a novel intended to shock. Which makes it both better and worse. You can't just write it off as morbid silliness. It occurred to me that it might be ironic that such things unsettled me, as I write dark stories as well, but I try to give sufficient distance so that the violence doesn't overshadow the main idea of the story. I wonder if, as a writer, this drained her emotionally.

Gwenn wrote: "Nan wrote: "Gwenn wrote: "Keight wrote: "Oh man, I hope you're enjoying In The Woods. If you are, you definitely need to read The Likeness and Faithful Place. Tana French is AWESOME."

Honestly, I'..."

That's probably one of the strengths of her fiction--it has a similar emotional hit as what we take in from real life situations. I don't have kids, so I don't have a parent's perspective on the issue, but I still hate books in which children are hurt--especially when it's done just to shock. French's violence is repellent but she's doing more than just trying to shock us.

Right now, I have a hard time reading books about missing people. Last fall, three brothers disappeared from my area--you may have heard of them: the Skelton boys. And just before exams, one of the professors in my department, Kathryne Lindberg, disappeared. Her car was found on the Belle Isle bridge, so the general verdict has been suicide. But those initial days between her disappearance and the discovery of her car are too fresh for me. And the Skelton boys' story is still unfolding.

Nan wrote: "Gwenn wrote: "Keight wrote: "Oh man, I hope you're enjoying In The Woods. If you are, you definitely need to read The Likeness and Faithful Place. Tana French is AWESOME."

Honestly, I'm going to h..."
I'm no stranger to grisly details. When I was studying criminal justice we had to read cases that were extremely disturbing, especially because they were real. That was just after my first son was born and it was too much for me. Then I got into journalism. And that wasn't much better. I could do it, but it leaves a dark residue clinging to you. You have to learn to close part of yourself off. But I just keep reminding myself that this time it's fiction and try to focus more on her prose and characters.

Gwenn wrote: "Keight wrote: "Oh man, I hope you're enjoying In The Woods. If you are, you definitely need to read The Likeness and Faithful Place. Tana French is AWESOME."

Honestly, I'm going to have to force m..."

Having recommended that book to you, I can say that I do enjoy the book, but I totally understand what you're saying. The violence is disturbing, but then the story as a whole could be called disturbing as well. I like it in part because French is such a good writer. If she wasn't, I wouldn't have been able to finish the book.

Keight wrote: "Oh man, I hope you're enjoying In The Woods. If you are, you definitely need to read The Likeness and Faithful Place. Tana French is AWESOME."

Honestly, I'm going to have to force myself to keep reading. I love her prose and style, my only issue is the violence toward children. Since becoming a mom I don't handle movies or books with child victims very well. And since my oldest is off at camp right now...but it will be ok.

Thanks for the friendship Gwenn!

Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal — as we are! (Jane to Mr. Rochester-Ch. 23)" .............I LOVE this quote! In high school I was on the speech team and this was my favorite monologue for auditioning!

hahahaha! Another reader sent me a message on Facebook today to tell me, "Ahhhhhh! I didn't see that coming!" And then she asked me questions that you just can't know the answers to yet! Too bad she didn't get her GASP! on video, that's just my favorite. Or when my readers get mad at me because I made them cry. It's the same when I film/edit (that's what I studied in school). I want to make those emotions happen. It's a good day.

Harlequin Books wrote: "Hello Gwenn, it is a pleasure to meet you."

Thanks Harlequin Books! It's a pleasure to meet you as well!

Hello Gwenn, it is a pleasure to meet you.

I've joined the Young Adult Book Club on Facebook, have you?

Nevey Berry wrote: "Thank for Befriending me.

P.S. Your boos sounds so lovely."

Nevey Berry wrote: "Thank for Befriending me.

Thank you! That is so kind. Filter will be available in paperback by the end of the week, I believe!

Thank for Befriending me.

P.S. Your boos sounds so lovely.

The first 10 chapters of are available on my goodreads page!

Nan wrote: "Hi Gwenn! Thanks for the friend request."

No Nan! Thank YOU for the friend ACCEPT! :)

Hi Gwenn! Thanks for the friend request.