Q&A With Karyn Bosnak discussion

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Q&A! Please feel free to ask me anything about the process from going from book to movie or writing in general. I'll take questions from now until next Wednesday 10/19. Thanks!

Hey Karyn,

Did you have any say in who was cast as the characters in the movie?

Hi Karyn,
First, let me apologize, I haven't been to see the movie yet. But I really want to!!!
I'm curious though - how much does the movie differ from the book? You know the old saying - the book is better than the movie...

I cant's wiat to see it! :)

Rowena (The Book Scoop) wrote: "Hey Karyn,

Did you have any say in who was cast as the characters in the movie?"

I had a good relationship with the writers throughout the process so when the time came for the producers and director to cast the movie, we would give them a list of our ideas from the three of us. I don't know how much weight (if any) our list had, but I like to think they considered our choices.

Stacy wrote: "Hi Karyn,
First, let me apologize, I haven't been to see the movie yet. But I really want to!!!
I'm curious though - how much does the movie differ from the book? You know the old saying - the bo..."

Hi! Thanks for your question! I just answered a long question in this thread that addresses this.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...

More a comment than a question ... back when you were still shilling for dollars, I started following you. A friend sent me your site because we had the same spelling. Sooooo, I feel like I know you and it's exciting for me to see this movie come out. I read Saving Karyn, too. I'm very happy for you and your success. I do have an unrelated question ... what's next?

I loved both of your books. And loved the movie as well! I wonder if you think as you blogged it helped you with your writing? Or did you always have the other story in you, just waiting to get out?

Karyn wrote: "More a comment than a question ... back when you were still shilling for dollars, I started following you. A friend sent me your site because we had the same spelling. Sooooo, I feel like I know ..."

Hi! Thank you! I am working on a new book now that's currently titled "Crazy Bitch" (but that could change.) It's a humorous look at the stigma associated with mental illness and follows one woman's journey as she comes to terms with her own issues.

Lisa wrote: "I loved both of your books. And loved the movie as well! I wonder if you think as you blogged it helped you with your writing? Or did you always have the other story in you, just waiting to get ..."

Hi! There's no doubt that blogging improved my writing. The act of doing it, of writing something every day, is the best thing an inspiring writer can do, in my opinion. (And also: reading! I'm amazed by how many aspiring writers don't read.)

"20 Times a Lady" was never a story that lived inside of me because I never really knew I wanted to be a writer. After I wrote "Save Karyn" I wasn't sure what I going to do next. I hadn't considered writing a fiction book--or even making writing a career--until my editor at the time suggested it. Right around the same time I read an article saying the average woman has 10.5 sexual partners in her lifetime and thought writing a book about a woman who freaks out because her number is twice as high would be fun. So, that's how it happened. It was never a book that lived inside of me; it was born when an opportunity met a news article.