"Start with something you’re obsessed with. … There’s a lot of material there. Something that’s..."

“Start with something you’re obsessed with. … There’s a lot of material there. Something that’s driving you a little crazy, exploring that… usually that means there’s a hot button there for you. so if you can find a character living that, then it seems like it’s a recipe for something with some real lifeblood in it.”- Leila Howland, author of NANTUCKET BLUE, THE FORGET-ME-NOT SUMMER, and its sequel THE BRIGHTEST STARS OF SUMMER (and the for