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Usually if I've written a book, I'll read the whole thing myself. They get the book in their mailbox with their name on it. The album stands very well on its own and, in fact, tells the story of these individuals making their way in the country music world much more clearly and effectively than the novel does. Everybody got on board, and we've really made it work for us, I think.

Were there any similarities? Well, I did not come up with the title. Parton, who grew up poor in Tennessee and moved to Nashville after high school to become a star, based the book's two female characters on herself - Rose, a talented singer-songwriter who is hungry for success, and Ruthanna, the retired queen of country who is still in love with making music.

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The beauty of who she is and what she does is that she brings us all along on her magical journey. That always troubled me, because he was so smart and I loved him so much. Essentially this is a novel and soon to be a movie soundtrack. After reading and listening to both, I can happily report that Dolly has put her heart and soul into the music, as always.

And if you read the book and listen to the songs, you really completely know what it's all about and kinda link them. Blog at WordPress. As you know, I am very involved in a lot of things. Can you help us get there? Nobody's ever really done a soundtrack for a book that I know of. I don't know what all of James' inner feelings are about charities, but I'm sure he has many of them as well, based on some sort of truth and personal emotion.

So a lot of people didn't get an education. With the added album tie-in, the whole project struck me as a cash cow rather than a passion project. So when world-renowned author, James Patterson, reached out to her about collaborating with him on a novel, Dolly did what she does best. I think it's so important, because what inspired that was my own Dad, who couldn't read nor write.

We know how passionate you are about literacy. I am sure we'll always be in touch long after this book. Fans of the TV show Nashville will feel as if they are watching many of the same stories unfold, except at least Nashville had tension and conflict among the characters that drove the plot. Who does not love Dolly Parton?

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You just get a feeling or some sort of aura about everybody. Early on, when I started writing with James and, of course, we couldn't be together every day, we had phone calls and exchanged emails and all the ways you work when you're older people like us. One day he called and said "What do you think about 'Run, Rose, Run'? The novel itself is readable and not entirely without merit.

Support nonprofit, independent music journalism. So yes, I drew a lot from my own musical journey. Book review: Dolly Parton's debut novel tops charts but misses notes.