Behind the Scenes: The Making of a Car Chase

What does a writer do when she can’t visit the place she’s writing about? 

A lot, as it happens. Alter Ego takes place on Earth, and while I’m familiar with many of the real-world settings, I haven’t visited them all. I wrote the majority of it long before the ability to travel diminished for so many of us, but my personal ability to travel was hampered by a student budget, shortly followed by a young-family budget. 

Not one to be discouraged, I decided to forge ahead with my plan to write...