My Made-Up Characters Have Untold Secrets

…Because secrets are how I make them seem real

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Early on in my new novel, Fierce Little Thing, the book’s middle-aged protagonist, Saskia, reunites with Issy, one of her childhood best friends. That’s a nice way of putting it; Issy actually kicks down Saskia’s door. When you’ve been friends as long as they have — since you were twelve — you know when that level…