tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19189962.post4936811355186092014..comments2023-04-11T08:12:19.004-04:00Comments on Word Nerd: Pre-Bouchercon Guest Blogger #15 -- Hank Phillippi RyanBethany K. Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06679355745067316748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19189962.post-83815746152961272862009-10-06T23:39:54.884-04:002009-10-06T23:39:54.884-04:00Sometimes the real people we know are such "c...Sometimes the real people we know are such "characters" it's hard not to "use" them. So I do. My mother and my oldest son are the only people in my extended family who read my novels, so I leave them completely out. Everyone else is fair game...with tweaking, of course.L.J. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.com