They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people.
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I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been.Margaret Mahy
I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation.
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I am not recommending this sort of experience, but I think that in writing this particular story I was remembering the quality of it all.
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People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes
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The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.
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