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Gareth Hanrahan

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3. Earning moments of insight require both raw material and distance. This one is based on what's probably a wholly extraneous intro chapter, but writing that intro chapter gave me the perspective needed to see a throughline that unites pretty much all the major characters.

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And I didn't have the moment of insight while writing. I had it... well, actually I had it in the bathroom, but let's be decorous for the sake of any future biographers and say I had it while cleaning the kitchen. The point is, I was away from the desk, moving and ruminating.

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