I ate with them, drank with them, spoke for them, dreamed about them, and slept with them. In my novels, location always plays an important part. Is A Woman , Provence in The Secret of the Villa Mimosa , or L.A. in All or Nothing . Almost any place my characters go is real, the cafes and restaurants, the streets, the local shops. I have been there and what I do is try to take you there with them.
Writing is also a never-ending business.
It's such a pain because then I have to get out of bed and write everything down immediately. If I don't, I know I'll have forgotten it by morning. The fact is there is no rest for a writer.