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Permalink Reply by Alex on March 16, 2011 at 10:16pm

Hello Joy

I hope I'm not working the day of your live interview as I'd love to participate. I have a question for you. Do you see Air Canada employees featuring in your next book? Haha that may be a good payback for their treatment of you.

I enjoyed reading your letter and now have some of your books on order from my local library. Thank you.

Permalink Reply by Judy van Ryn on March 18, 2011 at 4:43pm

Hi Joy,

 

I had the pleasure of meeting you at the Word on the Street in Toronto this year.   I have read so many of your books, but my absolute favourite is "Still Life".  When I read your books, I can't seem to put them down and most times stay up all night to finish them.  Then, of course, I'm sorry that there isn't more to read.  You are my author of choice.

 

Judy

Permalink Reply by Heather Rosen on March 21, 2011 at 4:08pm

I would like to know if you incorporate any autobiographical elements into your novels. You have a really great writing style!

Permalink Reply by Charlene Vidal on March 22, 2011 at 11:51pm

Where do you get the ideas for your books?

This may sound funny, but I have had dreams and when I wake up, I think that

would make one heck of a story.  I am always jotting down ideas from dreams or

personal experiences.  Writing is more of a hobbie for me at this time. 

Permalink Reply by Johanna Salomons on March 23, 2011 at 4:31pm

How much time do you generally spend on research before you actually start writing the book or is the research ongoing?

Permalink Reply by Joan M. OToole on March 24, 2011 at 11:04am

Hello Joy,

I've always wondered how an author writes a book with several different threads (or stories).  Do you write each thread separately and then combine them in the whole story or do you advance each one at the same time?

Permalink Reply by Pat Martin on March 24, 2011 at 9:00pm

There must be an art to learn how to write a book, chapter by chapter, plot construction and character development!  My question is how many drafts of a story do you write before you decide on the final?

Permalink Reply by r pawa on March 25, 2011 at 10:45am

Hi there....Just wondering how you have kept a 30year plus marriage "going?"......

Permalink Reply by harriet huestis on March 26, 2011 at 3:15pm

The setting for your books is in American cities.  Is this because American cities are more familiar to readers

world wide or are there other reasons?  I am just thinking of this because of another Canadian author Giles Blunt who sets his Cardinal novels in Northern Ontario which makes it seem so exotic  (Canada that is) 

Permalink Reply by DebH on March 26, 2011 at 5:23pm

Do you ever wake up at night with great ideas for a new book? Do you keep a notebook at your bedside to write down your great ideas to deal with the next day or do you get up no matter what the hour and write away? Just curious!

Permalink Reply by David Filax on March 26, 2011 at 7:25pm

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a book idea? Is it a flash of a character? The theme? A plot or something else that when it grows to fruition, this was the seed.

Permalink Reply by Karen Sommer on March 28, 2011 at 4:12pm

Oh, so many questions I'd like to ask, including many listed here. I guess my first, though, would be: Who is your favourite character creation?

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