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What if books had more than one ending? How could you create enough characters to sustain that kind of plot?

If you are looking for ways to make an interactive book--online or on paper--you can learn a lot from novelist Heather McElhatton. Her book, Pretty Little Mistakes scored a big hit last year.

Instead of writing a single narrative, her book let readers decide what sort of choices the character made. In an exclusive interview on The Publishing Spot, she explained how she created a rainbow of characters: "I go out and look at living people. I take pictures of people with my camera phone, just because I like their nose, and want to describe it. I cruise people's vacation blogs and online Flickr accounts, just to pirate, kidnap and liberate single details."

In addition, she also told us how to:

How To Support Your Book Online

and How To Revise Your Novel

and How To Survive Long Enough To Write Your First Book

and How To Write for Radio