Ask the Author: Amanda Stauffer
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Amanda Stauffer
I skip the offending section and move into the next scene that feels easy, where the words or themes flow more readily.
... I tend not to circle back to the problem area until I've had a couple days' distance from it, a run or two to clear my head, and an oversized mug of coffee beside me.
... I tend not to circle back to the problem area until I've had a couple days' distance from it, a run or two to clear my head, and an oversized mug of coffee beside me.
Amanda Stauffer
The book began as a list of men’s names scrawled on the back of a cocktail napkin. I was at drinks with friends, relating the details of my latest date. Earlier that year I had signed up for Match.com, and already I’d been dumped before the first kiss, donned full HAZMAT gear on a third date, and been set up with another date’s mom. A happy side effect of my year online was that I wound up with a dating history that, as transcribed on that fateful cocktail napkin, formed a quirky yet gripping romantic narrative perfect for readers of upmarket women’s fiction.
So, names got changed, several men became "composite" characters, and my story became "Alison's".
So, names got changed, several men became "composite" characters, and my story became "Alison's".
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