Ask the Author: Susan Mallery
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Susan Mallery
Hi, Judy. This is always a hard question for me to answer because I have so many favorites. One of my favorite heroes of all time is, ironically, in one of my women's fiction novels--Lucas from Sisters Like Us. I just love the creative and truly meaningful ways that he found to take care of Harper. It really showed how thoughtful he is.
Felicia from Two of a Kind is another favorite. In case you haven't read the book... Felicia is a genius, quite literally, but she has social problems. Until she moved to Fool's Gold, she never quite felt like she fit in anywhere, and she desperately wanted those close relationships. I was really nervous before the book came out because she's so quirky, I was worried about how readers would react to her. But readers adored her as much as I did. I worried for nothing.
Right now, I'm working on the next Mischief Bay novels, which will be out in 2019, and I think one of the heroines is destined to become one of my favorite characters. Which is funny, because I actually thought before I started writing that her storyline was going to be one of the secondary plots. But I love her so much that she has become the book's main character. The book doesn't have a title yet, but keep an eye on MischiefBay.com for updates.
Felicia from Two of a Kind is another favorite. In case you haven't read the book... Felicia is a genius, quite literally, but she has social problems. Until she moved to Fool's Gold, she never quite felt like she fit in anywhere, and she desperately wanted those close relationships. I was really nervous before the book came out because she's so quirky, I was worried about how readers would react to her. But readers adored her as much as I did. I worried for nothing.
Right now, I'm working on the next Mischief Bay novels, which will be out in 2019, and I think one of the heroines is destined to become one of my favorite characters. Which is funny, because I actually thought before I started writing that her storyline was going to be one of the secondary plots. But I love her so much that she has become the book's main character. The book doesn't have a title yet, but keep an eye on MischiefBay.com for updates.
Susan Mallery
Hi, Debbie! The next Mischief Bay book will be about a different set of characters. The Mischief Bay series is connected primarily through setting, with some characters coming back from time to time so you can get an update on their lives.
Susan Mallery
Actually, in WHY NOT TONIGHT, Ronan and Natalie take a trip to Fool's Gold. :) So we do go back. At the moment, though, I don't have plans to continue that series. New readers started to feel overwhelmed by the number of books, and they were reluctant to dive in. Also, creatively, I felt the need to stretch my muscles. But if you love Fool's Gold, you're going to love Happily Inc, too. It's got a lot of the same elements: deeply emotional romances, a core of strong friendships, and quirky town and secondary characters. But Happily Inc has a fun twist. It's a wedding destination town. That gives the town a really unique rhythm of life.
Susan Mallery
Hi, Amy. :) The final Fool's Gold book was A KISS IN THE SNOW, which came out in 2016. In 2017, we transitioned to Happily Inc with the Mitchell brothers. Del and Aidan found love in Fool's Gold. Nick and Mathias have found love in Happily Inc, in YOU SAY IT FIRST and SECOND CHANCE GIRL. There will be two more Happily Inc books released later this year: WHY NOT TONIGHT (Ronan Mitchell's story) and NOT QUITE OVER YOU. You can learn more about my new series at HappilyInc.com.
Susan Mallery
Hi, Scott! The best place to get a list of the Fool's Gold series in order is on the Freebies page at SusanMallery.com. It's under the Members tab. If you're not a Member yet, you can join for free. The reason the numbers are different in different places is because some places count the Christmas gift-sized hardcovers as a whole number, and some count them as a half-number. It's very strange. They are full-length books, so I'm not sure why they'd be given half a number in some places, but there you go. :) On my website, we count those stories as whole numbers. Only the novellas get half-numbers.
BEST OF MY LOVE was the last full-length Fool's Gold novel in my schedule. Three of the Mitchell brothers have moved to Happily Inc, and we're going to follow them there. The Happily Inc series will debut next year. Meanwhile, I have written a Fool's Gold novella that will come out in November. It's titled A KISS IN THE SNOW. It will be in print in the mass market reissue of MARRY ME AT CHRISTMAS, and it will be published on its own as an ebook. The cover is really charming, and so is the story! Gladys's great-niece moves to town. She makes cupcakes.
I hope you'll love DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, too, which is a standalone romance, not part of a series. :)
Susan
BEST OF MY LOVE was the last full-length Fool's Gold novel in my schedule. Three of the Mitchell brothers have moved to Happily Inc, and we're going to follow them there. The Happily Inc series will debut next year. Meanwhile, I have written a Fool's Gold novella that will come out in November. It's titled A KISS IN THE SNOW. It will be in print in the mass market reissue of MARRY ME AT CHRISTMAS, and it will be published on its own as an ebook. The cover is really charming, and so is the story! Gladys's great-niece moves to town. She makes cupcakes.
I hope you'll love DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, too, which is a standalone romance, not part of a series. :)
Susan
Susan Mallery
Good morning, Elaine. DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE is a standalone book, not part of a series. :) I thought my readers would enjoy the change of pace as much as I did, the opportunity to have a complete reading experience in one book. I hope you'll enjoy it! You can read a free excerpt at www.DaughtersoftheBride.com.
Susan
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Karina! Thanks so much for your question.
I don't think of DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE as *different* from my other books--I think of it as *more.* More of what my readers love about my books. More romance, more humor, more heat, more family drama.
DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE is almost like a complete trilogy in one book because the three Watson sisters all find love while helping Mom plan her wedding. It was a very interesting challenge to weave together three romantic story lines, plus all of the interpersonal drama inherent in the sisters' relationships with each other and with Maggie, their mom. Just like in real life, each sister's relationship with the other is different, and capturing the subtleties of that was part of what makes the book feel so real, I think. I hope you'll love it!
Susan
I don't think of DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE as *different* from my other books--I think of it as *more.* More of what my readers love about my books. More romance, more humor, more heat, more family drama.
DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE is almost like a complete trilogy in one book because the three Watson sisters all find love while helping Mom plan her wedding. It was a very interesting challenge to weave together three romantic story lines, plus all of the interpersonal drama inherent in the sisters' relationships with each other and with Maggie, their mom. Just like in real life, each sister's relationship with the other is different, and capturing the subtleties of that was part of what makes the book feel so real, I think. I hope you'll love it!
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Patrice. I'm glad you've been enjoying the Q&A.
I love to read, and romance is my first choice of reading material. I just love the infinite variety of romance, and the guaranteed happy ending. I have lots of favorite authors, but I've learned not to name them publicly because if I accidentally leave out a friend, her feelings will be hurt. Many of my friends are writers, and I don't want to hurt any of them!
However, I've learned that I can't read romance while I'm writing it, and I can't read women's fiction while I'm writing it. The stories get in my head, and get in the way of the story I'm trying to tell. Lately, I've turned to young adult, which I love. I think some of the best writing today is being done in young adult.
But I'm having a hard time reading that lately, too, while I'm in the midst of writing a book. I think the issue is that I connect so deeply with the characters, whether I'm writing or reading. While I have a book in progress, I need to keep that deep connection with MY characters. I need to think about them at all hours. They need to be on my mind and in my heart in order for me to write the best book possible.
So I'm going to binge-read whenever I'm between books, for a week or two at a time. While I'm writing, I need to find another hobby. I'm thinking of crocheting a simple chevron pattern baby blanket, to see if I like it. I used to do crafts all the time, so keep your fingers crossed for me!
Susan
I love to read, and romance is my first choice of reading material. I just love the infinite variety of romance, and the guaranteed happy ending. I have lots of favorite authors, but I've learned not to name them publicly because if I accidentally leave out a friend, her feelings will be hurt. Many of my friends are writers, and I don't want to hurt any of them!
However, I've learned that I can't read romance while I'm writing it, and I can't read women's fiction while I'm writing it. The stories get in my head, and get in the way of the story I'm trying to tell. Lately, I've turned to young adult, which I love. I think some of the best writing today is being done in young adult.
But I'm having a hard time reading that lately, too, while I'm in the midst of writing a book. I think the issue is that I connect so deeply with the characters, whether I'm writing or reading. While I have a book in progress, I need to keep that deep connection with MY characters. I need to think about them at all hours. They need to be on my mind and in my heart in order for me to write the best book possible.
So I'm going to binge-read whenever I'm between books, for a week or two at a time. While I'm writing, I need to find another hobby. I'm thinking of crocheting a simple chevron pattern baby blanket, to see if I like it. I used to do crafts all the time, so keep your fingers crossed for me!
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Pamela!
I'm so glad you've enjoyed my books. I love Mayor Marsha, but she won't ever get a book of her own. My romance heroines are in the range of about 25-35 years old, mostly around 28. I think young readers would have a difficult time relating to a romance heroine in her sixties, and the book cover itself would not attract as many readers. However, older readers have all lived through their 20s and 30s, so they can readily relate to characters that age.
That said, in DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, the bride in question is in her fifties. :) I hope you'll enjoy watching an older woman marry her true love. (Her daughters also find love in the book.)
I live on the West Coast, so that's why I tend to set books here. I grew up in the Los Angeles area, and I've lived much of my adult life in Seattle. I did live in Texas for a while and loved setting books there, such as the Lone Star Sisters, but my agent informs me that I have a West Coast sensibility. (I didn't know there was such a thing!) Fortunately, love can (and does) happen everywhere.
Susan
I'm so glad you've enjoyed my books. I love Mayor Marsha, but she won't ever get a book of her own. My romance heroines are in the range of about 25-35 years old, mostly around 28. I think young readers would have a difficult time relating to a romance heroine in her sixties, and the book cover itself would not attract as many readers. However, older readers have all lived through their 20s and 30s, so they can readily relate to characters that age.
That said, in DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, the bride in question is in her fifties. :) I hope you'll enjoy watching an older woman marry her true love. (Her daughters also find love in the book.)
I live on the West Coast, so that's why I tend to set books here. I grew up in the Los Angeles area, and I've lived much of my adult life in Seattle. I did live in Texas for a while and loved setting books there, such as the Lone Star Sisters, but my agent informs me that I have a West Coast sensibility. (I didn't know there was such a thing!) Fortunately, love can (and does) happen everywhere.
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Alma. I'm not sure I understand the question. I believe that people read fiction because they want to be taken on an emotional journey. They want to feel what the characters are feeling. The high points in the story fill readers with happiness. The low points are cathartic, a safe way to express sadness or anger. And the happy endings fill us with the feeling that the world is a just place, that good people who persevere will find the joy they deserve.
I have never tried and will never try to write without putting my emotions into a story. :) While writing, I feel everything that my readers feel while reading my books, and it's one of the things I love best about being a writer.
I hope you'll enjoy the emotional journey of DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE. :) <3
Susan
I have never tried and will never try to write without putting my emotions into a story. :) While writing, I feel everything that my readers feel while reading my books, and it's one of the things I love best about being a writer.
I hope you'll enjoy the emotional journey of DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE. :) <3
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Pamela.
Thanks for your question. :) This is fun for me! I'm honored that readers have such interesting questions for me.
My goal is to create characters who feel 100% authentic. Sometimes the characters come to me almost fully formed. I can't really explain it, but they speak to me in my head, and I can hear their voices as I write. Other times, I need to work at it a little more. I might do character charts, or take a personality quiz from the character's point of view. I've tried lots of different methods, and I continue to experiment. I've found that different things work for different characters, because the characters have varied belief systems. For example, doing a horoscope-based character chart might work really well for a character who believes in astrology, but wouldn't work as well for one who scoffs at such things. It's almost like I'm inside the character AS I'm finding out who she is.
I spend a lot of time simply thinking about each character, really focusing on that one person. We're all products of the events in our lives, but the same event can affect different people in different ways. For example, the three Watson sisters in DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE all experienced the loss of their father when they were children, but his death had a different impact on each of them. While in the beginning stages of brainstorming this book (pre-plotting), I spent a lot of time thinking about how each daughter was affected by Dad dying, and by Mom's reaction to his death. (Mom Maggie is the bride in this story, remarrying after 24 years as a widow.) When her husband died and left her practically penniless, with three young daughters to raise, Maggie did the best she could, but some of her decisions really did a number on her girls. She put a burden on Rachel's shoulders to care for her younger sisters, when Rachel was just a child, herself. Middle child Sienna resented her older sister trying to mother her, and no one realized how much poor little Courtney was struggling in school.
Now the girls are adults (28, 30, and 32), and the forced togetherness of Mom's impending marriage is going to bring all of those old hurts to the surface. In a humorous way, of course, because that's what I do. :) And they all have love stories, too.
After the thinking/brainstorming stage, I start writing a scene from each main character's point of view, and I keep writing until I can hear that character's voice in my head. It's usually somewhere around 5-10 pages. Once I reach that stage with each character, I plot the novel. With DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, I had three interweaving story lines to plot. Here's what's fun: each sister has a similar backstory, and each sister is finding romance while helping Mom to plan her wedding--and yet, the three stories are VERY different from each other because the characters are different people. That's what I love about romance. Every love story is unique to the people who are falling in love.
Susan
Thanks for your question. :) This is fun for me! I'm honored that readers have such interesting questions for me.
My goal is to create characters who feel 100% authentic. Sometimes the characters come to me almost fully formed. I can't really explain it, but they speak to me in my head, and I can hear their voices as I write. Other times, I need to work at it a little more. I might do character charts, or take a personality quiz from the character's point of view. I've tried lots of different methods, and I continue to experiment. I've found that different things work for different characters, because the characters have varied belief systems. For example, doing a horoscope-based character chart might work really well for a character who believes in astrology, but wouldn't work as well for one who scoffs at such things. It's almost like I'm inside the character AS I'm finding out who she is.
I spend a lot of time simply thinking about each character, really focusing on that one person. We're all products of the events in our lives, but the same event can affect different people in different ways. For example, the three Watson sisters in DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE all experienced the loss of their father when they were children, but his death had a different impact on each of them. While in the beginning stages of brainstorming this book (pre-plotting), I spent a lot of time thinking about how each daughter was affected by Dad dying, and by Mom's reaction to his death. (Mom Maggie is the bride in this story, remarrying after 24 years as a widow.) When her husband died and left her practically penniless, with three young daughters to raise, Maggie did the best she could, but some of her decisions really did a number on her girls. She put a burden on Rachel's shoulders to care for her younger sisters, when Rachel was just a child, herself. Middle child Sienna resented her older sister trying to mother her, and no one realized how much poor little Courtney was struggling in school.
Now the girls are adults (28, 30, and 32), and the forced togetherness of Mom's impending marriage is going to bring all of those old hurts to the surface. In a humorous way, of course, because that's what I do. :) And they all have love stories, too.
After the thinking/brainstorming stage, I start writing a scene from each main character's point of view, and I keep writing until I can hear that character's voice in my head. It's usually somewhere around 5-10 pages. Once I reach that stage with each character, I plot the novel. With DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, I had three interweaving story lines to plot. Here's what's fun: each sister has a similar backstory, and each sister is finding romance while helping Mom to plan her wedding--and yet, the three stories are VERY different from each other because the characters are different people. That's what I love about romance. Every love story is unique to the people who are falling in love.
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Leo. Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed Built to Last. That story was part of Harlequin's "More than Words" program honoring extraordinary women doing extraordinary things. Each novella was inspired by a real-life woman, and the authors who participated were asked to work that woman's charity into the story.
Built to Last was written in honor of Dena, who was then director of Motheread/Fatheread, an organization that promotes family bonding through literacy. An amazing woman!
When an author is asked to write a novella for an anthology, we're given a very specific word count, so Marissa and Aaron's story was about 50 pages long. I loved them both and would've enjoyed writing a longer love story for them, but it wasn't meant to be. :) Their story was a standalone romance.
Susan
Built to Last was written in honor of Dena, who was then director of Motheread/Fatheread, an organization that promotes family bonding through literacy. An amazing woman!
When an author is asked to write a novella for an anthology, we're given a very specific word count, so Marissa and Aaron's story was about 50 pages long. I loved them both and would've enjoyed writing a longer love story for them, but it wasn't meant to be. :) Their story was a standalone romance.
Susan
Susan Mallery
Yes, I do think about characters after a book has been published, which is one of the reasons I enjoy writing series like the Fool's Gold romances or the Mischief Bay women's fiction series.
I will say, though, it was a very nice change of pace to write a standalone book such as DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE. The characters still stay with me, like old friends I think about fondly, but don't know if I'll see them again.
Moving forward, my plan for the next couple of years at least is to write one Mischief Bay book per year, one standalone romance hardcover, and two Happily Inc books. (Happily Inc is a spinoff series from the Fool's Gold romances and will debut in 2017.) The best of both worlds!
Susan
I will say, though, it was a very nice change of pace to write a standalone book such as DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE. The characters still stay with me, like old friends I think about fondly, but don't know if I'll see them again.
Moving forward, my plan for the next couple of years at least is to write one Mischief Bay book per year, one standalone romance hardcover, and two Happily Inc books. (Happily Inc is a spinoff series from the Fool's Gold romances and will debut in 2017.) The best of both worlds!
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Jama. No, I can't imagine every doing that. Writing is what I love to do best. I would never want someone else to take that pleasure away from me. If I could have someone else do all the other business stuff for me, I'd be open to the idea, but I'd miss writing way too much. Even after all these books, I love it. I love brainstorming, plotting, and my best best BEST days are the days when I get to write and I don't have to think about anything else. I get as carried away by my stories as my readers do, but for me, that experience lasts a few month.
I love what I do! Can you tell? ;)
I love what I do! Can you tell? ;)
Susan Mallery
Hi, Elena! Thank you! <3 I love Fool's Gold, too. BEST OF MY LOVE is the last full-length Fool's Gold book that I know of (I never say never), but I have written a charming novella titled A KISS IN THE SNOW that will be out later this year. (It will be a bonus story in the mass market reissue of MARRY ME AT CHRISTMAS, or available on its own as an ebook.
After that, we're going to follow Nick, Ronan, and Mathias Mitchell to Happily Inc, a wedding destination town in southern California. It's another quirky, funny town filled with lovable characters who may squabble but who will take care of each other no matter what. Readers will get the same feeling from the Happily Inc books as you do from the Fool's Gold books.
Meanwhile, I hope you'll enjoy my latest release, DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, which came out just this week. :) You can read a free excerpt and get a coupon for $2 OFF at www.DaughtersoftheBride.com.
After that, we're going to follow Nick, Ronan, and Mathias Mitchell to Happily Inc, a wedding destination town in southern California. It's another quirky, funny town filled with lovable characters who may squabble but who will take care of each other no matter what. Readers will get the same feeling from the Happily Inc books as you do from the Fool's Gold books.
Meanwhile, I hope you'll enjoy my latest release, DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE, which came out just this week. :) You can read a free excerpt and get a coupon for $2 OFF at www.DaughtersoftheBride.com.
Susan Mallery
Hi, Margarita. Thanks for the question. :)
From the time I was a little girl, I loved reading, but it wasn't until I was in college studying to be an accountant that I discovered writing. I was taking a full course load of classes toward my degree, but I kept seeing this flyer for an evening adult ed class called "How to write a romance novel." I felt it pulling at me for months. Finally, I told myself, the teacher isn't going to teach that class forever. If you want to do it, you need to do it now, even though you're way too busy with "real" classes.
So I signed up for the class. And I thought, if I'm going to take a class about how to write a novel, I'd better start writing one. I was so proud of myself, going in that first day with a few chapters already written, and then this smart aleck in front of me pulls out a 900-page completed manuscript! (That was Teresa Southwick, and we're still close friends.)
By week six of the class, I knew this was what I wanted to do. I used to think writers had to be exotic and live in France and wear turtlenecks, so when I realized this was something I could do, and that I could make a career of it, I was thrilled.
I had to talk to my recruiter to tell him thank you for the job offer (with benefits!), but I'm going to be a romance writer. Much to my surprise, he didn't mock me. He told me that he wrote fantasy but had never had the courage to do anything with it. He said if I didn't sell anything within two years, I could come back to him, and he'd give me a job. That was May of 1990. By August, after many rejections, I sold my first book. In January, I sold my second. They both came out in January of 1992.
One of the best things I've ever done was to sign up for that class, to take a chance on myself. :) It changed the trajectory of my life.
From the time I was a little girl, I loved reading, but it wasn't until I was in college studying to be an accountant that I discovered writing. I was taking a full course load of classes toward my degree, but I kept seeing this flyer for an evening adult ed class called "How to write a romance novel." I felt it pulling at me for months. Finally, I told myself, the teacher isn't going to teach that class forever. If you want to do it, you need to do it now, even though you're way too busy with "real" classes.
So I signed up for the class. And I thought, if I'm going to take a class about how to write a novel, I'd better start writing one. I was so proud of myself, going in that first day with a few chapters already written, and then this smart aleck in front of me pulls out a 900-page completed manuscript! (That was Teresa Southwick, and we're still close friends.)
By week six of the class, I knew this was what I wanted to do. I used to think writers had to be exotic and live in France and wear turtlenecks, so when I realized this was something I could do, and that I could make a career of it, I was thrilled.
I had to talk to my recruiter to tell him thank you for the job offer (with benefits!), but I'm going to be a romance writer. Much to my surprise, he didn't mock me. He told me that he wrote fantasy but had never had the courage to do anything with it. He said if I didn't sell anything within two years, I could come back to him, and he'd give me a job. That was May of 1990. By August, after many rejections, I sold my first book. In January, I sold my second. They both came out in January of 1992.
One of the best things I've ever done was to sign up for that class, to take a chance on myself. :) It changed the trajectory of my life.
Susan Mallery
Hi, Mandy. Yes! In fact, take a look at this: www.happilyinc.com ;) Big plans in the works!
I've written the first Happily Inc book already. Nick Mitchell falls in love. No title yet, but it will be released in October 2017. Here's the first line, just to give you a super-early sneak peek:
"Don't take this wrong, but I really need you to take off your shirt."
Happily Inc is a really fun town, and I think all of my Fool's Gold fans are going to love it. It's a new quirky town filled with great characters to fall in love with.
I've written the first Happily Inc book already. Nick Mitchell falls in love. No title yet, but it will be released in October 2017. Here's the first line, just to give you a super-early sneak peek:
"Don't take this wrong, but I really need you to take off your shirt."
Happily Inc is a really fun town, and I think all of my Fool's Gold fans are going to love it. It's a new quirky town filled with great characters to fall in love with.
Susan Mallery
Good morning, Tina. Thanks for the question! Sounds like you're a real Fool's Gold fan.
Mayor Marsha in the CIA is one of my theories. She also might be God. ;) We'll never know for sure because Mayor Marsha isn't telling.
Mayor Marsha in the CIA is one of my theories. She also might be God. ;) We'll never know for sure because Mayor Marsha isn't telling.
Susan Mallery
Hi, Maria. Thank you for your enthusiasm for my books. I'm sorry, but I don't have any power over the speed of translations. All of that is handled by my publisher.
Susan
Susan
Susan Mallery
Hi, Michelle! Thanks so much for your question.
The number of hours I write per day varies. I have a specific number of pages I need to write every day. Sometimes, when the writing is going really well, I'm done by noon. (My best writing time is in the morning.) Other days, if I'm struggling with a scene, I might be writing until late in the evening. Usually it's somewhere in between. It helps that I type about 140 words a minute. :)
After I'm done writing for the day, I work on other things, like answering emails from my editor and the PR department at my publisher, responding to media requests, ordering reader gifts, etc. It's a busy life, but a good one, and I feel like the luckiest woman in the world.
Susan
The number of hours I write per day varies. I have a specific number of pages I need to write every day. Sometimes, when the writing is going really well, I'm done by noon. (My best writing time is in the morning.) Other days, if I'm struggling with a scene, I might be writing until late in the evening. Usually it's somewhere in between. It helps that I type about 140 words a minute. :)
After I'm done writing for the day, I work on other things, like answering emails from my editor and the PR department at my publisher, responding to media requests, ordering reader gifts, etc. It's a busy life, but a good one, and I feel like the luckiest woman in the world.
Susan
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