Angel
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Christine Feehan:
How do you come up with the concept, idea, for your books? Does the next book series enter your mind as you’re writing the current one? How do you know it’s time to end the series?
Christine Feehan
It starts out with an idea for a single book. All of my books can be read as stand-alone books because that’s my approach with my writing. As I write a book, I start to see the landscape of characters, places and potential.
I’m inspired by everything around me. The wind through the trees, a man in a restaurant leaning to whisper to a woman, the way an animal moves. Anything can inspire me. My Shadow series was inspired by watching my dogs run in and out of shadows. Life around me can inspire some wild ideas in my head.
Like I said, each book is a stand-alone story. You should be able to pick up any book, as a rule, and start reading from any point in the series.
As far as to when to end a series, that's either dictated by the limited number of characters (Drake Sisters/Sea Haven Series) or intuition.
I’m inspired by everything around me. The wind through the trees, a man in a restaurant leaning to whisper to a woman, the way an animal moves. Anything can inspire me. My Shadow series was inspired by watching my dogs run in and out of shadows. Life around me can inspire some wild ideas in my head.
Like I said, each book is a stand-alone story. You should be able to pick up any book, as a rule, and start reading from any point in the series.
As far as to when to end a series, that's either dictated by the limited number of characters (Drake Sisters/Sea Haven Series) or intuition.
More Answered Questions
Maureen Gianinio
asked
Christine Feehan:
I love the depth you draw from characters. I loved this in Leopard's Fury, especially. I particularly enjoyed the sense of family that developed. There are several scenes where you have quite a few characters together, yet, keep them true to how they were written. How difficult is it for you to write group scenes and keep the voices straight? Show secondaries growth while not taking from main story-line? It was great!
Valentina
asked
Christine Feehan:
Hi Ms Feehan. The Shadow series is my favorite so I can't wait for Emme's story. I hope you'll decide to explore the stories of the other shadow families, especially the New York one. But my question is about the Torpedo Ink series. When will Savage get his book? Is he ready to find someone?
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