Yesterday, at the Calgary Public Library’s Writers’ weekend I got lots of comments about my T-shirt.
![Library weekend 2015](http://susancalder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Library-weekend-2015-300x300.jpg)
The truth is I rarely base my characters on people I know. Honest.
Those rare times I do, the character becomes so changed from the original that he or she is no longer that person.