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March 24, 2025 at 04:52 pm Reply

vanillagorilla

hello gordon korman,

what pert of creating books comes most easily to you? what parts are more difficult?
March 25, 2025 at 03:38 am Reply

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Hi, VG,

Great questions! I have no idea! None of it is really easy, but I find organizing the writing and the chapters and the timing and the cliffhangers comes more easily to me than the actual planning of the story. Coming up with a topic, and characters, and humor, and all the things a good book should have is definitely the hard part. Once you've done that, the rest flows more smoothly.

BUT -- the fact is that none of it is particularly easy. Sorry. -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, VG,

Great questions! I have no idea! None of it is really easy, but I find organizing the writing and the chapters and the timing and the cliffhangers comes more easily to me than the actual planning of the story. Coming up with a topic, and characters, and humor, and all the things a good book should have is definitely the hard part. Once you've done that, the rest flows more smoothly.

BUT -- the fact is that none of it is particularly easy. Sorry. -----Gordon Korman-----
March 25, 2025 at 01:59 pm Reply

Bennett Blackburn

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Hi Mr. Korman. I have a school project on fiction authors and I had to choose my favorite author. For my school project I can\'t find many personal things about you so if you get a chance can you send a message back to me answering some questions like \"Do you have other hobbies than writing?\" \" Cats or dogs?\" Anything you think would be cool to have in my project will work. Thanks for taking time to read this and I hope you get a chance to respond.
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Hi Mr. Korman. I have a school project on fiction authors and I had to choose my favorite author. For my school project I can\'t find many personal things about you so if you get a chance can you send a message back to me answering some questions like \"Do you have other hobbies than writing?\" \" Cats or dogs?\" Anything you think would be cool to have in my project will work. Thanks for taking time to read this and I hope you get a chance to respond.
March 25, 2025 at 04:22 pm Reply

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Hi, Bennett,

There's a lot of info about me on this website. But here goes. For one thing, writing isn't my hobby. It's what I do for a living. I prefer dogs, but I don't have one at the present time. Big football fan, season ticket holder (and long-suffering fan,) of the NY Giants. I have 1 wife and 3 kids, all grown up, boy-girl-boy. Two in college, and one recently graduated. Favorite food: good old burgers and fries. Favorite among my books: usually the most recent release, which would make the current "favorite" OLD SCHOOL.

OK? I hope that's enough. If not, you know where to find me - right here!

Regards, -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, Bennett,

There's a lot of info about me on this website. But here goes. For one thing, writing isn't my hobby. It's what I do for a living. I prefer dogs, but I don't have one at the present time. Big football fan, season ticket holder (and long-suffering fan,) of the NY Giants. I have 1 wife and 3 kids, all grown up, boy-girl-boy. Two in college, and one recently graduated. Favorite food: good old burgers and fries. Favorite among my books: usually the most recent release, which would make the current "favorite" OLD SCHOOL.

OK? I hope that's enough. If not, you know where to find me - right here!

Regards, -----Gordon Korman-----
March 26, 2025 at 12:24 am Reply

Bennett Blackburn

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Thank you soo much!! This alone will help a lot with my project. I have tried many ways to get to you, glad this one worked!

I want to tell you how big of a fan I am of all your singular novels. Thank you again for responding and I hope you have a great day today.
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Thank you soo much!! This alone will help a lot with my project. I have tried many ways to get to you, glad this one worked!

I want to tell you how big of a fan I am of all your singular novels. Thank you again for responding and I hope you have a great day today.
March 26, 2025 at 04:09 pm Reply

vanillagorilla

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hello mr. korman,

do you have any special interests, including writing and aside from it, like any favorite songs, movies, books, genres, anything?
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hello mr. korman,

do you have any special interests, including writing and aside from it, like any favorite songs, movies, books, genres, anything?
March 28, 2025 at 05:01 am Reply

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Sorry, V.G., I thought I answered this. I'm a football fan, and I also like English soccer. Baseball and hockey too. I even played a lttle hockey when I was in elementay school. Otherwise, I think my tastes are very average -- I like movies, but have no special favorites. Same for music. Sorry to be Mr. Dull! ---GK---
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Sorry, V.G., I thought I answered this. I'm a football fan, and I also like English soccer. Baseball and hockey too. I even played a lttle hockey when I was in elementay school. Otherwise, I think my tastes are very average -- I like movies, but have no special favorites. Same for music. Sorry to be Mr. Dull! ---GK---