by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | May 20, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Evil and Violence Never have I sat down to create fiction with the intention of writing happy, fun and lighthearted prose. Never. But don’t misunderstand me. I am not a morose person seeking to transmit my melancholy onto paper as a cathartic exercise, as if by doing...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Apr 29, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Gun control, Persona Non Grata
Serial killers have always intrigued me. They are typically loners or outcasts from society, and invariably derive sexual satisfaction from perpetrating their abhorrent deeds on others. While I never feared I’d be the victim of one, I yearned to know more about what...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Mar 21, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing, Gun control, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
This is what it’s like inside my head I don’t get distracted. Really, I don’t. It’s just that at times, I have conflicting writing agendas in my brain that are competing for attention; I have difficulty deciding on which one to concentrate. It’s kind of like...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Feb 19, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing, Gun control, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Creating characters is one of the many joys of writing fiction. I love inventing characters who will be adored and hated with equal passion. Sometimes, I will infuse the actual temperaments and idiosyncrasies of people I’ve known in my life with the ones I create on...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Feb 1, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing, Gun control, Persona Non Grata the book
When I started writing Persona Non Grata, I was eager to complete it in six months, fearful that the timeliness of the underlying theme — guns and gun control — would no longer be in the headlines and the topic would be yesterday’s news. I was certain that readers...
