Mind Storm: Q&A Part 2

Here's the second half. Told you it was a bit long. We figured what the hell? Let's go all out!

12. Do you draw any character inspiration from the people you know or have known?

Karin Lowachee: Generally not at all. I might take tangential things and I've borrowed friends' names, but actual characterization where it counts, it is all my imagination.

KM Ruiz: Some of my friends have jobs relevant to my world building. I have a friend who is a nuclear engineer and I picked his brain from time to t...