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"Are you someone who wishes it would just all go away?" YES! THE TEXT MESSAGES ARE GETTING OLD! "Always vote?" YES, BUT WHEN I SWITCHED MY PARTY AFFILIATION TO NON-PARTISAN THINGS GOT MORE COMPLICATED. "Only vote early? Only vote on election day?" I'VE DONE BOTH. WILL TRY TO VOTE EARLY THIS YEAR BUT THE LINES ARE SO LONG. "Do you feel it’s a duty?" YES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT HOW ARE COMMUNITIES (AND OUR COUNTRY) IS RUN.

As a fiction author, I try hard to remain neutral in my writing but I'm only human. I believe all authors put their political/social perspectives into their writing on a subconscious level. We can't help ourselves. The challenge is not to be polarizing. We want to grow readers, not alienate. And with that comes the cliche... you can please some people some of the time, but never all the people all the of the time.

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