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What is the setting for Love Literary Style?
Karin Gillespie Decatur Georgia
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Hello! I would like to use one of your quotes in a book I'm writing - the wonderful line 'If you're going to walk on thin ice, you may as well dance.' But I didn't want to use it without asking for permission. And if given I of course will credit you. Is this line under copyright? I look forward to your response. Thank you so much.
Karin Gillespie You can use it. Something I found on the internet years ago so need to credit me .
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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?
Karin Gillespie I adore Malcolm Leery and Muriel from Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler.
They were opposites but I loved the way Muriel enlarged Malcolm's world.
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I do apologize for typing KarEn instead of KarIn in my review of Love Literary Style. I have made changes where I can to correct that. Love the books, all 5 I've read so far. Thanks and keep writing?
Karin Gillespie Thank you for the wonderful review!! It made my day. And no worries about the spelling.
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Will there be more stories in the Bottom Dollar Girls series?
Karin Gillespie Thanks for asking, Laura. I am considering writing a fourth. If the demand is there I will definitely dive in.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Karin Gillespie A nice sweaty run will usually chase away writer's block. Sometimes if I have a thorny problem in a manuscript, I'll give my sub conscious a suggestion just before I go to sleep. What doesn't work is panicking or forcing a solution.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Karin Gillespie I love the freedom it offers; you can do it anywhere. I also love the way it helps you connect with readers. Sometimes you form a community of like-minded people through your writing.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Karin Gillespie Develop a love for the craft first without expectations of getting published. That love will carry you through the ups and downs in an artist's life.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Karin Gillespie I write every day inspired or not, but all kinds of things inspire me: a newspaper article, a life situation, an overheard conversation.
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What are you currently working on?
Karin Gillespie I wrote a NY Times essay on my experiences as a genre writer in an MFA program and I thought I would write a novel about a romance between a snobbish literary writer and a self-published romance writer. The literary writer has to win her heart using rom-com tropes. It's called "The Romance Lessons."
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Karin Gillespie My newest book "Girl Meets Class" will be published in fall 2015. It's about a spoiled Southern belle who takes a job teaching at a tough inner city school and falls in love. I taught behavior disordered kids at an inner high school so I drew from my personal experiences. I used to say a good day in class was when none of students threw scissors at me.
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