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Q & A Part I with Heather

Hey guys, these are two of the most frequent questions/comments I've gotten, and the third was a subject I felt a need to address.  Feel free to post more questions you'd like answers to below and I'll answer more questions in part 2!

Why so many guys?

Here’s the deal, Ben was never intended to be a romantic interest.  In my original plans, he was just supposed to be a confidant and friend.  I never intended Juliet to end up with Ben.  Ever.  He was her friend, her very hot friend, but just her friend.  Ethan was a scumbag who just wanted to sleep with her because it was someone new and a challenge.  Raleigh was curious.  Juliet was again, someone new.  She was a bit of a mystery and a very different flavor compared to how most of their culture reacted.  Raleigh wanted to get to know her, if Juliet had shown an interest, he would have pursued, but she didn’t.

Harper was the original love interest and exactly who I intended Juliet to end up with.  She had other plans.  I create the characters but they end up controlling the story.  I intended Xavier to be a major antagonist, I didn’t expect him to fall for Juliet or for him to ever behave unprofessionally.  Somehow they formed an easy friendship and neither of them were completely aware of what was happening until they individually realized they loved the other.  Honestly, when Juliet screwed up and decided to take everything she was dealing with upon herself, accepting no help from anyone, that really hurt Xavier.  It broke his heart.  When he learned about her injuries and what was going on with Angelica, he jumped at the chance to return to Juliet’s side.  

What a Girl Wants with Amanda Bynes

Fact:  I hadn’t seen the movie before I started writing.

Fact:  Kryzme, a real life great friend of mine made me sit down and watch it around chapter 20 or so, and I was like ooooooh, this is what people are talking about.

I am a big advocate against plagiarism or copywrite infringement.  As I hadn’t seen it, I had no idea someone else had the same idea I had.  To be honest, I don’t keep up with pop culture, when people compare my work to another book, movie, tv show, etc, chances are, I’ve never heard of it.  Not because I don’t like any of that stuff, it’s just that right now, in my life, I keep myself insanely busy.  I work between 40 - 60 hours a week at my corporate job.  I then get off of that job and start working in my business and with my business team.  I write in the wee hours of the morning or on the occasional lunch break.  I don’t have time to watch all of these shows or I probably would.  My priorities are set to get myself out of my corporate income here within the next few years and double it in my spare time with my business.  Once that happens I will be free to write much more as suddenly, I’ll have an extra 40 - 60 hours a week to do whatever I want.

The Unhealthy Relationships

Juliet and Chase do not interact in a healthy manor.  No one should tolerate being in a relationship like this.  Chase has carefully learned Juliet’s habits and opinions of herself through the years they dated.  During that time, he also learned her fears and weaknesses and used things like her mother’s death to make her feel guilty and like she was the bad guy.  I mean, look at how he blamed her for him cheating.  Chase is a piss poor excuse of a human being.  He is a liar, an abuser, and an addict.  He was born into a life of privilege, but was never taught the consequences of his actions.  The result, the monster Chase became.  No one has the right to lay hands on another person.  You are a human being, not a punching bag.  You have value and worth and if you are in a relationship like this, I recommend you seek help.  I am someone who tolerated an abusive relationship for a while.  I felt like it was my fault.  It was thanks to a very dear friend that I was able to get away from that person.  The problem, I tied my self worth to what that person thought of me.

To be honest, no one, in my opinion, should ever look to another human being to completely fulfill them.  It’s okay to find a completer, but when you look to someone else to fill all the holes in your life it’s unhealthy, and as a faulty human being, that other person will, inevitably, fail you at some point or another.  

It is not okay for someone who says they love you to cause you physical, emotional, or mental harm.  Chase was manipulative, violent, and had many traits associated with anti-social personality disorder.  In other words, he was a sociopath.  I added a nice cocktail of drug and alcohol abuse which caused further mental deterioration.  Guys like Chase are bad news bears.  You can’t change people like them, only they can change themselves.  You should always qualify people if they want to be in any sort of relationship with you.  I’m not just talking romantic here.  I’m saying that if someone wants to be even my friend, there is certain criteria they must first meet.  I’m sure most of you are flabbergasted that I’d admit to such a thing.  I don’t apologize for it.  

The fact of the matter is this:  I bring value and worth to every relationship I am in, whether it’s my relationship with my parents and siblings, to my relationships with friends, to romantic relationships, my relationship with my employers and boss, and the relationship I think is most important, my relationship with my heavenly father.  I am still working to fully understand my worth and my value, but I know I bring value to the table.  So do you.  I hope you realize that.  Relationships are two way streets.  You should not be the only one pouring into a relationship.  It should be give and take, not all give and not all take.  It’s a shared responsibility.  Chase and Juliet are a great example of what NOT to do.  Xavier and Juliet are a little more balanced, but I honestly think it’s more give on Xavier’s end.  It works for them, in the end it ends up working for them.