Leaving

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From: Jeri Fink
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 11:05 PM
Subject: Leaving

Hi!
Tomorrow I begin my book tour - and you're coming with me via e-mail. I leave Bellmore, New York at 7am and, if the snowstorm has moved on, will be flying down to Miami. That's where it all begins.

Writers love to write. But in today's mass market, writers have to sell too. My job for the next three weeks is to promote my new adult novel, Virtual Terror (check it out at www.firstpublish.com). It's a psychological thriller for adults about people who meet on the internet and get into some
very strange situations.

Writing is my passion. I could give up cookie dough ice cream and even sushi - but never writing. In fact, I've been writing since I was eight years old. I've written for newspapers, magazines, newsletters and just about every form of print and online content that you can imagine. Virtual Terror is my fourth book - and I have two more books that will be released by September 2001. One of the things that make Virtual Terror so special is that it takes the pace, style, and content of the internet and puts it into fiction. You can read it as an e-book or as a regular print book - another salute to technology. And it's linked to that other part of me - the family therapist.

A lot of people ask me about how I write. Well, writing Virtual Terror was just plain fun. Imagine having a cast of characters in a world you designed, plunging into bizarre, roller-coaster situations, and never quite knowing where they'll end up. If it sounds strange, that's just how I work.
When I write a novel it feels as if the characters are telling me their story - I'm more of a scribe than a creator. I don't know where they're going and who will end up with whom. It's a crazy, virtual adventure - following the voices and actions of the people in my book.

During the next three weeks of my book tour, I'm going to be like a character in my own book. I'm really glad you're joining me!