Timothy W. Long: It's freaking hard to be nice to your characters

Writing a book is about dedicating writing time to it every single day. If I'm not writing I'm usually day dreaming about it. I'm often staring into space thinking about my characters and what horrible things I can do to them. ... I knew I wanted a character that is not very pleasant, kills men in hotel rooms, and is confused about her sexuality. My original goal was to create a serial killer type of character and then set them loose during a zombie apocalypse. ...