EXCERPT: When people have asked me questions about The Data Collectors trilogy, they often wanted to know if the characters were me or if I could relate to them. Many friends and colleagues eyed me suspiciously as if I were secretly hiding a deeper, darker aspect of my personality from the world.
In truth, I think damaged characters that have the opportunity to grow and not remain static are more intriguing. And yes, while I share some characteristics with a few of them, they are not me. In the effort of building a good story, I would take the everyday character flaws that a person might espouse in real life and multiply that disfunction by a hundred-fold…
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