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August 21, 2026 at 06:15 pm Reply

Wheeler

soooooooooooooo i have a cool idea for a book where someone was a famous actor in their past life but were killed and they remember so the book is them getting people to believe and figuring out who the murderer was and arresting them.
August 21, 2026 at 06:34 pm Reply

Wheeler

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a title could be REMEMBER
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a title could be REMEMBER
August 22, 2026 at 02:22 am Reply

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Hi,Wheeler,

Thanks for posting. I'm always open to new story ideas. This one, however, would not fit my middle grade audience so well, being a murder mystery. But would it ever make a great movie!

Thanks and best regards, -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi,Wheeler,

Thanks for posting. I'm always open to new story ideas. This one, however, would not fit my middle grade audience so well, being a murder mystery. But would it ever make a great movie!

Thanks and best regards, -----Gordon Korman-----
August 24, 2026 at 01:15 pm Reply

Wheeler

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if you ever have any idea blocks, you know what page to go on! (:
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if you ever have any idea blocks, you know what page to go on! (:
August 31, 2026 at 02:37 pm Reply

Phoebe

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hello! I have a cool idea for a book. A boy gets recruited for a spy school, but he can't tell his family or his best friend about it. He goes and gets put on his first mission: Go to a theatre in Italy because every time a play happens, an actor is murdered! He and his partner are sent as actors to figure out who the killer is. They find out, but at the cost of his partner's life! Please tell me what you think. Thank you for your time. P.S. If murder is too much I can change it!
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hello! I have a cool idea for a book. A boy gets recruited for a spy school, but he can't tell his family or his best friend about it. He goes and gets put on his first mission: Go to a theatre in Italy because every time a play happens, an actor is murdered! He and his partner are sent as actors to figure out who the killer is. They find out, but at the cost of his partner's life! Please tell me what you think. Thank you for your time. P.S. If murder is too much I can change it!
August 31, 2026 at 02:43 pm Reply

Phoebe

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The title could be A Stage of No Survival.
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The title could be A Stage of No Survival.
August 31, 2026 at 09:31 pm Reply

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Hi, Phoebe,

Thanks for posting. Another good plot! You might have to work a little at breaking the kid loose from his family so he can be a spy, right? Moms and Dads frown on kids disappearing for a long time with no explanation. It's a little grim with all that killing, but it's a murder mystery, after all. And you'd need a surprise (sort of) solution. Just a simple arrest wouldn't be enough, I think. But it's terrific! -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, Phoebe,

Thanks for posting. Another good plot! You might have to work a little at breaking the kid loose from his family so he can be a spy, right? Moms and Dads frown on kids disappearing for a long time with no explanation. It's a little grim with all that killing, but it's a murder mystery, after all. And you'd need a surprise (sort of) solution. Just a simple arrest wouldn't be enough, I think. But it's terrific! -----Gordon Korman-----