What kind of research did you have to do for The Affair? And they did – with a few bumps in the road. I had the characters and their situation and I was confident that Linda and Robin would lead me through the story. And that she accepts the consequences of her actions.ĭid you plot out the entire book before you started writing, or did you explore where the story would take you?

Robin’s situation is different, and I like that she’s more vulnerable where her relationship is concerned. I find that women in their forties are very settled in themselves, and that’s a quality I admire. She cuts herself the same kind of slack she would advise others to in the same situation. She knows that lesbianism is a fact of life and that love is love. Linda may be surprised by the fact that she’s falling for a woman, but she doesn’t make a big deal out of it.

But I guess I especially like that they’re at a certain age where they can accept truths about themselves. What do you like about your main characters, Linda and Robin?Ī better question would be what I don’t like about them. A lot of my stories have their origins in characters or even actresses I admire – not all of them, though – and that’s where Robin and Linda came from. But I’m not saying who the original characters are, because I like for readers to create their own image in their minds. Robin and Linda are to a certain extent AU- or uber-characters. And I often find myself wondering what I would do with the characters, what kind of situations I would come up with for them. I’m a fan of many shows and thus ship a lot of couples – mostly lesbian and women who are not really together on the show. I was more interested in an ordinary situation (the affair, even if falling in love seems more extraordinary) and how people deal with the stress of it. I didn’t try to do something new with this story. It’s a difficult situation, but I think one people can empathize with. The Affair is about two women who are having an affair but find themselves at a crossroads when they discover they’re actually falling in love. How would you describe The Affair? How is it different from other lesbian fiction books?

Last week we published Cori Kane’s romantic novella The Affair.Īnd today Cori is answering some questions our senior editor Sandra Gerth had in store for her.

The Affair by Cori Kane