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Wendy Miller
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(view spoiler)[My most recently published book is Ripped Away. I was inspired to write it because of something that was said to me. I'm a single parent, and although I don't remember the exact wording of the comment, it was something to the effect of the idea that single parents aren't fit to raise kids. The person who said it was quite forceful in their opinion, verging on being almost fanatical about it. And it made me thing: what if someone was unstable and held that opinion? What might they do as a result?
And the idea that they might kidnap kids that they thought were being raised by unfit single parents, whether those single parents were actually unfit or not, was born. Then it came to me that it would be even more interesting if the person doing the kidnapping also held a personal grudge against the lawyer that helped make all those single parents, single parents. Kind of killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. It just all rolled from there. (hide spoiler)]
And the idea that they might kidnap kids that they thought were being raised by unfit single parents, whether those single parents were actually unfit or not, was born. Then it came to me that it would be even more interesting if the person doing the kidnapping also held a personal grudge against the lawyer that helped make all those single parents, single parents. Kind of killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. It just all rolled from there. (hide spoiler)]
Wendy Miller
You mean, aside from being able to do what I love for a living?
I would say, aside from being able to do what I love for a living, the best thing about it is the fact that I can set my own schedule. I don't have to follow someone else's schedule and work the hours they set for me. I can work whenever I want, whether that's first thing in the morning, after dinner in the evening, or in the middle of the night when inspiration (or insomnia) strikes.
I would say, aside from being able to do what I love for a living, the best thing about it is the fact that I can set my own schedule. I don't have to follow someone else's schedule and work the hours they set for me. I can work whenever I want, whether that's first thing in the morning, after dinner in the evening, or in the middle of the night when inspiration (or insomnia) strikes.
Wendy Miller
I'm in the planning stages of a new idea. Well, it's actually an older idea that I've had for a while, but something about it simply wasn't working. I'd made changes, and still couldn't make it work, so I finally set it aside. I read a comment in a forum somewhere, and it jiggled something loose in my brain, and made it all click for how this could work. So I'm now going back and re-planning everything and tweaking things and doing some final organization so I can start the actual writing.
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