Angelika Schwarz asked Catherine Ryan Hyde:

After reading too many books that made me wonder how do these authors get so many great reviews, I purchased, Say Goodbye for Now, via Amazon.de, because it had only two reviews. Since I'm an author, and don't have many reviews, I thought I would support an author in the same predicament Ha... little did I know that you are an author with an impressive record! Was your career beginning a struggle?

Catherine Ryan Hyde Did you buy an English edition on Amazon.de? If so, that would explain why so few reviews. Either that or you bought it very soon after release. Anyway, thank you!

Yes, it was a struggle for many years. I have been a full-time author since 1991 but didn't have a novel published until 1997 and didn't earn any real money from my writing until 1999. And even after a couple of very successful periods in my career, more struggle followed. Now things are going very well and I am grateful.

Thanks for you question!

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