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...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jan 12, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing, Gun control, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Welcome readers! I am humbled and thrilled to be sharing my thoughts with you about the two-year journey that became my third suspense novel, Persona Non Grata. To say it was a labor of love would be clichéd and totally missing the point. To be completely transparent,...
