"You have to research the type of people your characters are—you're getting to know them, and you're also discovering the contours of their stories...." Belinda McKeon, author of the novel Tender (Lee Boudreaux Books, 2016), talks to Frank J. Cunningham about her writing background and process at the 2015 Nantucket Book Festival.
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