One of the challenges with writing a novel
that has real people as characters is that you have to do some research
if you're going to talk about their past. I have my plan written up for
the chapter I'm working on, but before I start writing,
I've got to get my facts straight. I'm not going to get too bogged down
in all that since the action is in their present, not in the past, but I
do have to have a few details right in order to explain things.
It's a fine
line, though. How tied to the truth does it have to be if it's fiction?
Dan Brown obviously didn't care about facts so much as telling a good
story, and I have to say even with all the things he got wrong, I really
didn't care as a reader. It was still a great mystery and a fun read.
To me, it's
all about the story I want to tell. If those details add to the
believability of what I'm describing and help you understand the
characters better and the setting for the book, then it's important to
me to get it right. Otherwise...ehh. I mean, come on. After all, they
are vampires. I think I've got some lee-way.
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