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Oct 17, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

Wow what a wild world I’ve never heard of her either. What’s the point of having 7 NYT best sellers at once if no one has heard of you? I’m going back to bed.

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Thanks for the excellent question and comment, Anne! Colleen, would you like to answer Anne?

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Oct 17, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

I have never heard of Colleen before. I used to read a lot of books. I like James Patterson's NYPD Red series. It's good to know how many words James Patterson's books are. I always wondered how I could find that out. Several years back, I started writing some fiction and the highest word count I'm at so far is 50,000. It's funny you would list your wife likes Stuart Woods. I read 49 of his books before he ticked me off. In one of his books, he listed my hometown in the story. Seeing as it was an area which I thought no one knew existed, I was curious how he knew about it. I sent him an email and he sent back a snarky response. From that day forward, I never read his books + they just seemed to be getting out there and not what would happen in real life.

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Thanks for the comment, Matthew. Now my wife wants wants me to ask you what is your hometown? She says he seems quite snarky too.

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Oct 17, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

Olean, NY. I live in Florida now.

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Oct 17, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

I'd never heard of her either. And I read a lot. Maybe not this type of book though.

It would be interesting to know if her prolific output is achieved all by herself (there are some writers who employ a stable of writers to create text for them, perhaps from an outline provided).

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Good question! Her instagram posts seem like it's all her. Not sure though. She seems very humble and self deprecating.

Thanks for the comment!

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