Hes not OCD. Hes just like me.

In discussing SOMETHING MISSING with a book club last night, the subject of my protagonist's obsessive compulsive disorder arose, as it tends to do.  I was asked if Martin's OCD was difficult to sustain throughout the novel and if any research into the condition was required.

As I often tell people, I didn't know that Martin had OCD until much later on, after people began reading the book and saying, "Wow.  That poor guy has a serious case of OCD.  Huh?"

"No," I would think.  "Martin...