Ask Rebecca Cantrell discussion

What was the first book you wrote, and if it was not published can you tell us what it was about?

Who's the biggest critic, you or your editor?

Have you ever looked back on a book you've written and wished you could change the story?

My first book was a mystery set in Arizona with an identical twin who hated his brother as a protagonist. His mother was a CIA spy. It was 40 pages, written in longhand. I have in 7th grade, and it was never published, although it read it years later and found it had some very funny lines.

Who is my biggest critic, me or my editor?

The biggest critic of all my work is always me. Nobody else comes close, even snarky Amazon reviewers.

Have you ever looked back on a book you've written and wished you could change the story?

I do the best I can with my books and let them go, so I don't really regret the storyline of any of them. They were the best books I could write when I wrote them. I would write them differently now, maybe, but I had to write those books to learn what I know now.