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" The 'Barnaby' books were always intended to be graphic novels. "
Janet Evanovich
Graphic Novels
Intended
Always
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" When I started writing, it felt good, and I knew I was in the right genre. "
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" Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally got a book published. It was hard. I had no skills. I knew nothing about the business of getting published. So I had to keep working at it. "
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" I go to bars and restaurants, and I sit and I eavesdrop on people and I watch people in shopping centers and, you know, I read the newspapers and I talk to the Trenton cops, and I just get a lot of information that comes in that somehow turns into a book. "
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" I've finally reached a stage in my career where I can do what I want. "
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" I like being able to provide consistent and frequent literary choices for my fans. "
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" I had been going around to everybody saying Katherine Heigl has to be 'Stephanie Plum', and then one day, I got that phone call saying that it was Katherine. "
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" I had done 12 little romance books, and I decided I wanted to move into crime fiction. "
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" There's just so much craziness out there in the world; it's like I couldn't fit them all in my books. "
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" I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom. "
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" I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, Hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year. "
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" I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success. "
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" Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to clone me... it's more to produce a book that shares my vision of positive, fun entertainment. "
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" The best we can do is prioritize our needs and make choices accordingly. "
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Our
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" I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much. "
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