Where did the idea for my novel The Thin White Line come from?
A good reporter doesn’t make assumptions. He tries to find evidence and facts to verify and substantiate claims.
The issue I was researching became an article entitled, Discrimination in Publishing – Real or Imagined? That evidence and the response, or lack of response, I received when I published my findings is where the idea for this novel came from.
What to do when people either choose to ignore the evidence or are too afraid to confront the lie? I decided to dig deeper and present what I found in a fictional story. It served two purposes:
– I enjoy doing the research whether it’s for fiction or reportage and in this case it was both.
– Perhaps if my findings were presented in an entertaining story it might be more acceptable for those who chose to deny it outright.
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