{"id":2900,"date":"2020-09-05T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pelicanbookgroup.com\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:15:42","slug":"chatting-with-carol-raj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/chatting-with-carol-raj\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatting with Carol Raj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tWelcome Carol\n<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>How did you come up with your title?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tI had a hard time with the title until I decided to start with the main character&#39;s name. Then the double meaning of the last three words seemed perfect.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What is the hardest part about writing?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFor me, the hardest part about writing is figuring out how to get my characters out of the dilemmas I&#39;ve put them in.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Did you learn anything from writing this book? What was it?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFrom on-line research for this book, I learned a lot about PKD, polycystic kidney disease. I had never heard of it until a doctor suggested it would fit the needs of my plot. Thousands of people are diagnosed with this incurable disease every year!\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Do you have advice for other writers?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMy advice for other writers is to take their best work to a writers&#39; conference. Then sign up for as many agent and editor appointments as they can get. One-on-one meetings provide invaluable personalized and specific advice.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What is the spiritual takeaway for your reader?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tGod sees every single sin but loves us anyway.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Is there anything edgy\/possibly controversial in your book? If so tell us what that is.<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThe book deals with the consequences of premarital sex. And one character uses &quot;Hell&quot; as a swear one time.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What is your hero&#39;s main character flaw?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSelf deprecating\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What is your heroine&#39;s main character flaw?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tOverly concerned with popularity\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What can readers learn from your villain?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSin has consequences\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What makes your hero heroic?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tHe sticks to his values.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>what makes your heroine heroic?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tShe learns to admit when she&#39;s wrong.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlotte Masterson Gets a Life\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_FiYb3ZDzq9hzeU&#038;asin=B08FBH8562&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Carol How did you come up with your title? 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