“When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.” (Mary Higgins Clark) My book, RUNNING SHOES, is fiction. The story and the characters are made up. There are three brothers and a sister in the story, just like my real life family before my two younger brothers came along and spoiled everything. (I say this just to see if they are reading my blog!) The sister in my book is a victim of sorts, by her own doing. That’s not my real-life sister. She’s a really smart, nice person, even if she had some things to say about my book. I had some reservations about creating this work of fiction with any semblance of my real life. It’s a leap of faith that I won’t be judged or pre-judged for any false comparisons made. I know some members of my family have read my book. I’ve gotten very little feedback. I suspect either they hated it or they are simply dumbfounded by how incredible aread it was. They best be careful though if they don’t want to be my next victim. 10/24
