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Sunnyasalark: Ayn, have you used the same characters in more than one novel

AynHunt: Yes, Sunny. I’ve used Jessica and Miss Emily several times

Sunnyasalark: Is that romance or mystery, Ayn?

AynHunt: In The Haunting and Unwilling Killers

AynHunt: ghost stories

MargeeBee: Do you enjoy writing a series novel?

Sunnyasalark: How did you bring the characters into the new novel?

AynHunt: Yes, Margee. I fall in love with my characters and don’t want to let go

AynHunt: Unwilling Killers and The Haunting are both series

Sunnyasalark: What characters did you reuse and how?

AynHunt: I wrote them as stand-alone’s, but with the same characters involved in different mysteries

AynHunt: Jessica is a 34 year old widow who goes to Galveston to get over the death of her husband

MargeeBee: Was her husband murdered?

AynHunt: and her aunt and aunt’s best friends have opened up a pi firm specializing I

AynHunt: paranormal dead cases

AynHunt: They are in the 80’s so Jessica goes along to protect them in investigation

AynHunt: No, her husband was a cop killed in the line of duty

Sunnyasalark: OH, that is interesting

MargeeBee: that sounds wonderful

AynHunt: I plan to continue the series someday, but not right away

Sunnyasalark: Questions or comments, my friends?

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AynHunt: In the meantime I wrote a romance under Ayn Amorelli which is published

Sunnyasalark: Contract Bride?

AynHunt: and an historical romance which is at the publishers awaiting their decision

AynHunt: Yes, Sunny. Contract Bride

AynHunt: I also teach writing on line, so have been doing 2 classes of that

Miztinny: That title is intriguing

AynHunt: Thank you, Miz

AynHunt: It was a best seller

Medievalbk: (Paranormal pi gets you ectoplasm on your gumshoe.)

Miztinny: congratulations

IntrestnFindings: congratulations Ayn

AynHunt: published by Blackvelvetseductions.com

AynHunt: Thank you, Interest

IntrestnFindings: your welcome

Sunnyasalark: How did you compile the Contract Bride novel? Was that by outlined or?

AynHunt: I never outline, Sunny. I’m a pantzer

AynHunt: I never know how a book is going to come out ahead of time

Sunnyasalark: So, you write with the ideas in your head as you go.

AynHunt: That’s part of the fun of writing for me

AynHunt: Pretty much, Sunny. I sometimes write rough notes as I go, but that’s about all

Miztinny: That’s it write then write the synopsis

MargeeBee: Did you find it difficult to get a publisher?

Sunnyasalark: Questions for our author Ayn Hunt.

AynHunt: No, I ‘ve been lucky. The first time I sent it out, blackvelvetseductions sent me the contract for it

AynHunt: I don’t have an agent

Sunnyasalark: Do you do your own editing or does the publisher provide it?

MargeeBee: that’s great Ayn

AynHunt: Thank you, Margee. But I’ve been lucky

Sunnyasalark: Questions for our author, Ayn Hunt

IntrestnFindings: LOL so you don’t have to make a wall of query no’s like I did?

AynHunt: I have a friend, a retired English teacher who edits my stories before I send them out

MargeeBee: I think it’s because you write well — not just luck

Sunnyasalark: Ayn Hunt, author, is our guest.

Beysshoes: Q : please talk about the copy write symbol and its usage

Sunnyasalark: Questions welcome

AynHunt: What about it, Beys?

Charandjimarewe2: yes..please do

MargeeBee: good editing is a good help too

Beysshoes: does it mean anything legal? can anyone just use it to attach to their writings?

AynHunt: The supreme court said once something is written on a computer, it has an automatic copyright given to the originator

Charandjimarewe2: ©

Beysshoes: ©

AynHunt: But the publisher should also take out a copy write in the writer’s name, just to make sure

Charandjimarewe2: use Alt..0169

AynHunt: That’s how it’s worked for my 4 published books so far

Charandjimarewe2: ©

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