J.D. Lakey asked Jennifer Quail:

Do you ever have conversations with your characters?

Jennifer Quail Thanks for the question! I don't really talk TO my characters as myself-we don't exist in the same worlds and it would be a very strange conversation. But I have one or two where I am more likely to take their role in my head and have conversations with other characters. They may or may not end up the book verbatim or at all, but they always say something interesting to me about the characters, whether it's discussing a movie (Alan and Elaine from "Strange Roads" would have a very interesting time watching "Star Wars" together) or talking out a plot point between characters who don't interact during the book. When I say I write about the people who live in my head, I'm only half kidding!

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