I know a lot of people think I'm harsh on my character but I not only imagine them I become them for a short period of time. not only so I can see what there world would be like if I was in it but also so I can feel what they feel in light of the situation. it not that I feel nothing when my mc is in pain or going through a painful loss it's that I feel everything they do it's not blind writing or even just a "hey this would influence so many" it more of "I have seen the pain and felt the loss but I know I will find a way" so when I say I leave pieces of myself hidden in my books I don't mean there home life or the emotional pain. infact the piece of myself that I leave behind in my books are the main characters that your reading about. there journey is hard and sometimes painful but I walk with them every step of the way through rolling fields to blood soaked battlefield, through love and loss I'm with them feeling and seeing everything... I know it won't make sense to allot of people and that's ok. just know that the pain they feel or the cruelty that happens I'm feeling it to even before its hits the paper. so in away it's their stories not mine and that what makes me smile laugh and cry every time I continue there stories.