Tayari's Blog: Jackie Mitchard Wants To Make It Right
Posted by TayariJones on October 21, 2006 01:32 PM
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Jacqueline Mitchard, who you may know as the author of the first Oprah-Book, The Deep End of the Ocean, is also the author of Cage of Stars, the story of a Morman girl's search to make sense of her life after her sisters' murders. Apparently, she made some errors in the novel. Readers complained on amazon.com that she misrepresented Mormon beliefs and others noticed inconsistencies within the plot. (I must also say that many many readers loved it as-is.) But here is the interesting part: Jackie has announced on her amazon blog that readers can to email her with their concerns and she will make the necessary changes to the novel before it comes out in paperback. Amazing.
NEW MUSING ADDED: Have you ever wanted to whip out your red pen while reading a book? When I was on tour with Leaving Atlanta, this dude walked up to me and said he had something to say. I thought he was going to say I was a genius or something. Anyway, he had driven way the heck out to Buckhead to accuse me of not being an authentic Atlantan. Why? Because in the book I said that Tasha was going to attend Southwest Middle School the next year. Well, guess what? Southwest was still a highschool in 1979. It wasn't a middle school for a full 18 months later.
"Oops," I said. And he seemed satisfied.
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