I don’t find completely likeable characters interesting, because they aren’t very realistic. I know she can be abrasive and blunt but I find most people have someone like that in their lives – either a friend or a family member – and we know them so well we know why they behave the way they do, and it keeps us from killing them. Was it hard to write a character people may find unlikeable? I found Smidge a really hard character to like, even given her situation. I’m definitely more of a Danielle than a Smidge, but I try to take tips from Smidge on how to get people to listen. Would you consider yourself more like Smidge or Danielle? Just come in and raise her daughter, marry her husband, just to make sure that things were still being done “the right way” once she wasn’t able to be there anymore. I have a few bossy friends and I started thinking about what would happen if one of them decided they needed me to finish her life for her. How did you come up with the idea for the book? It’s about the lengths we’ll go to for the people we love. It’s about two life-long friends who decide to share a big secret when one of them is facing terminal cancer and asks the other to take over her life once she’s gone. Tell us about your latest book, You Take It From Here.
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