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Pretty Little (or Big) Liar....

 by Charlotte Bennardo Photo courtesy of Pexels. I've never written an unreliable character. Maybe because it's my nature to call out b.s. I may not be vocal about it (as much as I used to be), but if a person hands me a line I know is untrue, I give them a look, and usually walk away. I don't have time to deal with unreliable people. I don't even know if I'd be able to write an unreliable character.  As for the biggest lie I've ever told? Sorry, not going to spill THAT. (I don't know all of you that well.) And there are some things I still haven't told my mother (she's 84, why ruin her illusions of my perfection.... ha ha.)  But I WILL tell you some of my lies: when a relative showed me an outfit and asked if I liked it. Of course, I thought it was ugly and did not flatter them. I told them it's perfect because THEY looked so happy. My opinion wasn't really necessary, and why offer "my" truth? Their truth was the outfit made them f...

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