In the Interview Room — Linda O. Johnston

Today I welcome Linda O. Johnston to the Interview Room.

Plotter or Pantser?

Plotter. I like to know where I’m going–even though my characters sometimes surprise me and do something different from what I thought they were up to.

Setting: real, totally made up, or based on a real place?

That depends. My Pet Rescue Mysteries are all pretty much set in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, as were my Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mysteries. But I’ve written other stories set in locales that were e...