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Writers get to build whatever world they please — sometimes our novels bend the truth only somewhat — other times they invent entire new galaxies.
My works in progress, “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat,” and “Tango & the Sitting Cat,” are set in fictitious towns within Los Angeles during 2002. Back then, COVID-19 wasn’t an epidemic…
Deciding on settings, histories, and all the rest that goes into storytelling is chancy no matter what an author chooses to create. There will always be fans and foes. To be a novelist requires enough passion to outrun the discouraging thoughts that can torment us.
