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Ineeda

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7. Love it.
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 12:09 PM
Jul 2014

The only undisguised, or even lightly disguised person I've put into a novel had done some pretty despicable things. I did not hold back. His character fit perfectly into the fictional role I created, so I changed very little. I gave him the same name, more or less, same occupation, same narcissistic personality, same relationship to another character -- even the same sexual orientation. I gave it some thought, as he's a litigious person, but things must be untrue to be considered libelous, so he would never prevail in court and he knew it. Too many witnesses!

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