Ask the Author: Tracy Bayle
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Tracy Bayle
By reading. I am in awe of the stories that come together in people's imaginations. Also, by my readers telling me they loved a story-that makes me want to give them another one.
Tracy Bayle
Editing The Eleventh Hour Errand (coming soon) and plotting the book after that. And trying to nail down advertising, marketing, etc. Which is not easy for me. I just want to write and hand all of that off to someone else!
Tracy Bayle
Read a ton! Start plotting then put it on paper-you have to just start somewhere. Be open to constructive criticism. Keep at it.
Tracy Bayle
Spending my days creating people and being in control of their every move. It's like a grown up way of playing Barbie dolls. Who wouldn't love that?
Tracy Bayle
I rarely have it. I have the opposite problem. I just write and write and write far too much. As in conversation, sometimes less is more.
Tracy Bayle
I would go to the homes of The Help and beg them to see the error of their ways. If they refused, I would go to Minny's house and help her whip up a batch of pies.
Tracy Bayle
The Nightingale, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Pilot's Wife, The Silent Patient, Me Before You. I have a dining room table stack to start absorbing, so I'll be adding to it as it diminishes, I'm sure.
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