I have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season.  In addition to having a wonderful family, terrific friends, and a fulfilling career, I have this new vocation in my life – writing fiction, which allows me each day to create an imaginary world of interesting characters.   Now in my world characters usually are ordinary people who find themselves in some very complicated situations.  While these “people” definitely possess major character flaws, no one is ever absolutely good or bad. Displaying these gray areas and making...