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Nancy (Tales of a Ravenous Reader) captured my solo moment. Many thanks to Angela (at Keplers) for indulging me and inviting me to do this.
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Cassie and Holly. |
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Cassie and Holly on stage at Keplers. Photo credit: Keplers staff |
They also answered questions about their fanvorite characters in each others' stories. Cassie loves Cassel from Holly's Curseworkers series. And she said she would love to write a short story with him. Holly loves Cassie's Will because "he's crazy". Cassie also mentioned that she would love to write about The Circle one day. She also said that writing Will's death was a little like saying goodbye to a loved one. "It's part of life, but it's sad." When asked which books of theirs they prefer, Cassie answered that she likes the series' ending books like Clockwork Princess and City of Heavenly Fire and Holly said she likes middle books in a series.
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Patricia, me and Lisa. |
They talked a lot about their writing process. Holly admitted that drafting a story with Cassie is easier than doing it on her own. They said when they have a conflict, they compromise rather than argue.
If you can attend one of Cassie's and Holly's signings, you will learn so much and not just about their books. You will learn about their writing process, what they do to get unstuck when they have Writer's Block and how they find inspiration. It's almost like a mini-class by two experienced professors. But most of all, you will see two good friends at work doing what they love.
They have one more stop left on the tour, and it's on October 22nd in New York City. If you can, go and see them and you'll be all a-buzz with fangirly happiness for days afterwards. This brings me back to the Thoughtful Thursday portion of this post. It's not just the authors that we meet at these signings, but it's the lifelong friends (who share our common interests) that we make that are important.
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The wonderful Angela from Keplers with my daughters. |
You can contact Keplers and they will be more than happy to ship any of their signed copies of the Magisterium series, the Shadowhunter series (with those luscious new covers) and any of Holly's books. You can click here to head over to their webpage.
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A photo of Cassie and Holly when I said "This is for Mundie Moms!" |