Whitefish author creates characters to bring readers through the story
When John Zaiss submitted his first novel, a financial thriller, to publishers the rejections came back with a lesson he took to heart.
“It was a failure,” he said. “They loved the stories, but didn’t care about the characters. I decided that no matter what, my next book is going to be character driven.”
At the time he was working a full-time job with three young children at home, writing at 4 a.m. before work and while traveling on airplanes and in hotels.
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