Frequently Asked Questions
- Book Questions
- About the Author
- About this Website
- Writing Questions
- What Not to Ask Lori
- Everything Else
- L.L. Foster
Book Questions
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Have you ever written a Historical Romance? If the answer is no, why not?
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Are you going to write any more for Harlequin.com? I LOVE the online read of Stranded!
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Will you be writing more novellas?
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Will you be writing more Brava single titles?
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Your new books are being produced as print, digital and audio. Any plans to get the backlist in audio also?
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Where can I find a complete listing of all your books published? Where can I find a listing of the books that have been reissued?
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So many of your books are connected. Where can I find a list of the connecting books and series?
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Why do some of your reissues have different covers and titles?
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What are your “benefit books”?
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Will you be writing more books about the SBC fighters?
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Do you think you could ever have the Winstons visit Buckhorn and meet Sawyer, Morgan, Gabe and Jordan?
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Is the book Casey, Emma has the same surname – Clark – as Luna from Wild and Say No to Joe? Are they related?
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What happened to Jude, from Jude’s Law? He was partial owner of the SBC, but isn’t mentioned in any of the other SBC books.
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Is Shay Sommers, in The Secret Life of Bryan, the same Shay from your Harlequin Temptation novel, Fantasy?
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Will your ebook, Brazen, ever be published as a traditional paperback book?
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Are you going to write more Buckhorn stories?
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Are you going to write more Winston brothers stories other than the Visitation offshoot?
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In the reissued compilation book Bewitched there was a story titled, “Married to the Boss” that doesn’t quite wrap up some threads, especially concerning secondary characters Megan and Conner. Is there a continuation to that story?
About the Author
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Do you enjoy meeting readers?
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What do you find most rewarding about being a successful author that you never expected when you started writing?
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Do you have a comfort food?
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Where will you be signing next?
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Isn’t your son an author as well?
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What are some of your all-time favorite romance books and are any of them are from the 70’s and 80’s?
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Who are some of your favorite authors? Did some of them have any influence on you and the type of books you wanted to write?
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What made you decide to write?
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Why did you choose romance?
About this Website
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Stories vs. Editions, how do I use LoriFoster.com?
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So many of your books are connected. Where can I find a list of the connecting books and series?
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How do I sign up for the Newsletter?
Writing Questions
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How can I find your L.L. Foster books?
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What was the biggest misconception you had about writing when you started?
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What do you do when you get stuck, when your characters refuse to cooperate, and your plot seems to have come to a dead end?
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What’s a typical writing day like for you?
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How do you write so fast? (I’ve been thinking about that ever since I read your post that you wrote “only” 15 pages one day)
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How many hours a day do you spend writing?
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How many revisions does each manuscript go through before you submit?
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How long did it take you to get published?
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Do you listen to music when you write? If so, what kind? And do you play it when you’re, say, cleaning? Or is it just reserved for writing?
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What inspires you for characters’ names? Do they pop into your head with their own name or do you hear a name you like?
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Do some characters just “appear” in your story or do you have to create them?
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What do you think distinguishes your earlier books that were rejected from your later successful ones?
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What made you keep at it after multiple rejections?
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After so many books, what keeps it fresh for you?
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What tools (conferences, reference books, etc.) have you found particularly helpful?
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Do you plot things out or do you write by the seat of your pants?
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What kind of input does an author have in her cover art?
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Will you be writing more books as L.L. Foster?
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How long does it take your books to go from written (sent off) to published (on the shelves)?
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Is there any other genre, or sub-genre of romance that you’d like to try writing?
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What was the first book you wrote?
What Not to Ask Lori
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Have you ever thought about turning your books into a movie? Can I star in one?
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I have a really great idea for a story. If I tell you my idea and you write it, can we split the income?
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Now that I finished my first book, how long before I can quit my job?
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Didn’t we go to the same high school/church/laundrymat/gas station way back when? Didn’t you base Story/Character X on me?
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Will you read my story, all 600 uncut pages of it, and help me get it published?