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As it approached time to work on her novel of the moment, Cult Classic, the author Sloane C. Crosley didn't find inspiration in just one place. She knew that she would like to create a deep study of dating and love However, parts of her story were sourced from all over the world, from her personal studies to an abandoned synagogue in the Manhattan's Lower East Side.

This combination of resourcefulness and creativity is also what can help Sloane cope with the variety of demands of being a professional writer. Discover what Cult Classic has her reading up on cult manifestos, her method of balancing both administrative and writing work as well as how her website allows her to maintain her web presence while giving her the ability to add some surprises for readers.

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Cult Classic tells the tale of Lola who is a journalist in New York who, though she's recently engaged, feels a sense of dissatisfaction in her relationship. In the course of a evening, she meets one of her ex-boyfriends, then another. Lola is soon to realize that a cult run by her former boss deliberately putting these ex-lovers on her way as part of an research project. What follows is a funny and thoughtful narrative about revisiting the past and, maybe, making peace with the past.

Sloane cannot pinpoint a particular "aha" moment for the concept behind the novel However, her own personal experience with wellness and contemporary dating were incorporated into the novel. "I believe that everyone who reads this is the ultimate wellness and dating expert in the present," she says. "We're all so immersed in these subjects, they appear as satire in the novel."

The actress did some specific reading about cults to get those particular details precisely perfect. "I needed manifestos or instruction guides from inside the cult and could then take a cue from the language to use for comedy purposes," Sloane says.