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Helpful Links:
- Journey with Katherine via her website, Instagram, and Facebook
- Other books by Katherine – Dear Mr. Knightly, Of Literature and Lattes , and pre-order Shadow in Moscow (coming June 13th!)
- Books that inspired Katherine- Daddy Long Legs, The Screwtape Letters , Emma, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anna Karenina, Rebecca, and Of Mice and Men
- Share your takeaways from this interview in our forum!
- Movies mentioned: Daddy Long Legs, The Hundred Foot Journey (an old IM movie night!), Lord of Rings Trilogy, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- Katherine’s favorite books: Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Hamnet
- Other links mentioned: Jane Eyre Literary Life Coaching and Stories That Comfort Replay
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Video Highlights:
1:58- Tell us about your personality and how you feel like it influences your work?
3:54-How did you get started writing professionally?
6:38- Can you tell us more about Daddy Long Legs?
7:32- Does Dear Mr. Knightly connect with Emma?
8:08- Where did the idea for the Printed Letter Bookshop come from?
10:10- Could you talk to us about where each character starts tense-wise and ends up and also how did you come up with the idea of writing them in different tenses?
12:55- Do you relate to a particular character in the Printed Letter Book Shop more than the others?
15:04- Is Winsome based on a real town? Is the Printed Letter Bookshop based on a real book store in your life?
17:01- How did you learn how to write? Were you writing before 2008?
18:14- How did you know that you could become a writer?
19:07- What was your timeline from when you started querying to selling the book?
20:10- Can you tell us an example of a book that you have both lost and found yourself in?
22:45- Do you have a Maddie in her life that she drew inspiration from for this wonderful character?
27:10- Let’s talk about the booklists Maddie left for each woman…
28:29- Was it difficult for you to not let us see the booklists?
30:39- What’s your ideal writing environment? What is your writing schedule like?
33:30- What’s your favorite snack and drink to enjoy while reading or writing?
33:34- What’s your go to chocolate you like to eat after your meals with?
36:41- Questions Maddie used to give book recommendations: “What’s your favorite movie? What’s the last great book you read? What was your favorite book when you were sixteen?”
40:39- What are you working on now and where can our members journey more with you?