I was talking to my sister the other day, and we flipped past a show on TV, and I almost said out loud, "Hey, that's Braden's favorite show."

And then I realized that might sound a little crazy.

So then I started wondering about other writers.  How much information do you know about your characters that never makes it into the book?  How much of the things that you know affects how the character behaves on a daily basis.  In Braden's case, there was definitely a draft where more personal...