How much effect does our upbringing affect us?

 The work of a writer

When I was writing, I used to get asked, how much of yourself do you put into your characters?

As a writer, it is hard not to put your views into your work; I find it helps make the characters more believeable, which explains why I rarely write zombie stories. I believe in zombies, but not the movie versions.

Though my past plays a part in most, if not all, of my eBook selection; only the character of my award wnning short story selection - shown here - is based mainly on me, and then more about my opinions of the celebrity world than myself.

A writer needs to walk a thin line between involving your beliefs, and becoming preachy, which is one of the compaints against the writer Sara Paretsky, and having read her work; I have to agree she does get preachy. Her charactre V. I. Warshawski played by Kathleen Turner in the movie of the same name, is wonderful.