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Well Aunt Tillie from The Loudness of Sam is partly based on my Mom, who all my cousins called Aunt Tillie even though her name is Sally. Sam's parents are not really based on any real people. But his duck is based on a goose I was very close with. The dog and its fart both came from my real life dog. Joe, from Joe's Wish is a combo of both of my grandfathers and the wife he talks about is a combo of both of both of mg grandmothers. The little boy is entirely based on you, the person reading this. Amazing, eh?