Sheri writes…
a fan asked about doing an end run around the publishers who delay and wait for million copy deal, and Sheri returns…
I have thought of self publishing the original books. The short ones that came in triplets.
and another letter asks…
” what your inspiration was for The True Game, because it’s one of the most truly original ideas I’ve ever seen”
Sheri writes back…
I have never once been able to answer the question, “What was your inspiration for this book or that book or some other book.” In the first place, my books sort of sprout. I get involved in a situation, or in a character, and they come alive on the keyboard without my feeling I’m really involved. Sometimes they go off on their own in very annoying ways and then I have to figure out how they got there and where they think they’re going. There’s one sprouting now that has me completely baffled.
The themes are always there. Nature and the hatred of those who destroy it. Rejection of bigotry and sexism. These come from painful childhood and youth experiences coupled with a strong dislike for those gown up supposedly wise people who were involved. Sort of, “If Annie Kafoots thinks like that, then I know it’s wrong because everything Annie Kafoots does hurts someone or something.”
“DEAR MS. TEPPER”
