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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
~ Nancy Werlin
Afraid
Alone
Am
Bloody
Book
Contemporary
Extraordinary
Fairy
Frightened
Frightening
Goes
Heads
Her
I Am
Just
Like
Original
Out
Quickly
Story
Tale
Territory
Traditional
World
Wrote
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Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.
~ Nancy Werlin
Age
Back
Big
Books
Going
My Own
Own
Particularly
Past
Reader
Romances
Teenager
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I actually hope people don't react to 'Impossible' in a way where they think it's terribly retro. The plot needed to do what it needed to do. But I'm a little surprised to find myself looking a little bit like an advocate of teen marriage. It takes some exceptional circumstances for that to be a reasonable idea.
~ Nancy Werlin
Actually
Advocate
Bit
Circumstances
Exceptional
Find
Hope
Idea
Impossible
Like
Little
Little Bit
Looking
Marriage
Myself
Needed
People
Plot
React
Reasonable
Retro
Some
Surprised
Takes
Teen
Terribly
Think
Way
Where
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I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them.
~ Nancy Werlin
About
Angles
Different
Different Angles
Family
Guess
Lot
Novels
Often
Same
Secrets
Seem
Sort
Taking
Them
Themes
Those
Who
Writers
Writing
design
copy
I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.
~ Nancy Werlin
About
Also
Automatically
Believe
Book
Changed
Closely
Contents
Cover
Covers
Folks
Good
Job
Lie
Like
Makes
Many
Me
Might
Mind
Outright
Pick
Pretty
Say
Should
Simply
Someone
Up
Used
Very
Want
Were
While
Who
design
copy
No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in the world for a while. Perhaps bookstore buyers will be indifferent. Perhaps it will be lost on store shelves. Perhaps there's another book or two out there using the same or a similar photo.
~ Nancy Werlin
Another
Beautiful
Been
Book
Bookstore
Buyers
Cover
Has-Been
How
Indifferent
Jury
Lost
Loved
Matter
May
Out
Perhaps
Photo
Remains
Same
Shelves
Similar
Store
Two
Until
Using
While
Will
World
design
copy
There was a mission: To match the cover of 'Extraordinary' to the cover of the paperback 'Impossible,' which was commercially successful. Consider the outdoor natural setting, the single girl in motion with her hair blowing, and the cursive font used for the title; both covers have these in common.
~ Nancy Werlin
Blowing
Both
Commercially
Common
Consider
Cover
Covers
Extraordinary
Girl
Hair
Her
Impossible
Match
Mission
Motion
Natural
Outdoor
Setting
Single
Successful
Title
Used
Which
design
copy
You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!
~ Nancy Werlin
About
Another
Another Way
Book
Boring
Character
Course
Going
Got
Issue
Maybe
New
New Book
Pretty
Problem
Saying
Secret
Some
Soon
Start
Think
Thinking
Totally
Way
Well
You
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