Goodreads asked Derek Vasconi:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Derek Vasconi I can go places and be people I could never be in real life. I get to imagine things I want to see or feel or know, even if it's horrific, because it's fun to live on the edge a bit like that. For instance, one of the things I love is the Japanese idol music industry. But I'm a middle-aged white guy, and definitely not the target demographic that the JPOP idol music industry wants to showcase or be in business with. So when I write about a girl who is an idol in the JPOP industry, I can become something I would never get to become in real life. It's just fascinating to do stuff like this over and over again with every character I decide to write about. I love this the most about being a writer.

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