C.K. Flook

C.K. Flook asked Cornelia Funke:

Cornelia, I discovered you today from goodreads' newsletter. My first memoir, "Shhhh!: Sad, Shocking and Sexy" came out in June. Marketing has felt like a nightmare--do you have any suggestions? Do you use a Publicist? I think we are neighbors, I live at Venice Beach. Looking forward to reading "Inkheart".

Cornelia Funke Dear C.K.,
i sadly have no advice on this. Yes, I do use a publicist by now, but without the illusion that they can work miracles for you. The only advice that I believe in is: write a magical book, rewrite it a dozen times, be your most brutal editor, feed it with passion and time, make it not about yourself but about everything, the world and most of all the ones you tell your story for. For me things are a bit easier because I built my audience in thirty years so luckily they wait for my books without me having to do much and as I am published in about 40 countries there is always one that falls in love with a story:) best wishes to Venice Beach:) Cornelia

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A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

Hallo Cornelia! Da die Reckless-Reihe ja noch etwas länger wird und es dementsprechend wohl (leider oder zum Glück?) auch noch dauert, bis wir das Ende erfahren werden wollte ich fragen, ob sich die 'Rolle' der Motten noch stark verändern wird bzw. ob sie überhaupt noch großartig auftauchen werden? Ich möchte mir nämlich eine tattoowieren lassen

A Goodreads user

A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi Cornelia, another question. I always liked the idea of Fenoglio the writer as a character in the book, and then how we go into his written world - I love Chapter 13 of Inkspell when we see his viewpoint of this. Were you at all inspired by any books that do a similar thing, such as a writer of the world the book is set in, like Melquíades in 100 Years Of Solitude or anything else similar to that?

Laura Fisher

Laura Fisher asked Cornelia Funke:

So I've been reading the revised first installment of Reckless (love the new touches!) and I spotted some things that reminded me of Game of Thrones. The elements were both already there in the first version (the Blood wedding and Kamie'n and the fairy) but they reminded me of the Red Wedding and Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre. So I wondered: were these elements based of GoT or is it just a coincidence?

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