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FS for April: Curtain Call

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mare:
Hi all and Happy April Fool's Day lol

Julie has been featured a few times already, but since she won Best Author she was given another month and she chose Curtain Call for us to discuss so let's start out by reading chapters 1 - 13 this week. Julie I am not home yet and have my questions for you on my computer so i'll post those either tomorrow or later on tonight.

Feel free to ask Julie questions and comment on the story as you read along!

Happy Reading! :)

RokofAges75:
LOL Yeah, it hasn't been that long since I was featured with Rose for Undead, but I'm flattered to be featured again because of the Felix Awards.  So thanks! :)

Back when I found out about this, I was actually thinking Curtain Call might be done by now, and of course it's not LOL.  But it's probably 2/3 of the way there, so there should be enough to discuss for those who want to.

If anyone reads it for the first time this month, I hope you enjoy!  I'd love to know what you think! :)

FrickingKaos:
I think this would be my first time participating in a featured story discussion. But still I love Curtain Call. So Julie, where did you come up with the character of Cary and how did her personality come about? I love how you have written her being a small town girl.

RokofAges75:
Aw, thanks, Tracy, for the compliment and the question! :)

So when I set out to create Cary, I knew I had to make her different from Claire, who is the female character in my "other cancer story," Broken.  I was already afraid the two stories were going to be compared, so I wanted to be sure to make them as different as possible.  Claire was very outgoing, blunt, funny, low maintenance, so I wanted to make Cary the opposite - quiet, reserved, sweet, and girly.

Cary's a lot more like me in terms of her personality, and as I added in details of her life, I used things that were familiar to me - small town, same state, and her dad was inspired by my own dad.  I tried to make her sort of the "every fan" too, so readers, fellow BSB fans, would be able to relate to her.

Everything else came from thinking up her back story.  Once I knew that her mom died of cancer when she was little, and so she was raised by her dad and her grandparents, I could add in other details that made sense - why she became a nurse, why she has a vintage style, why she likes to take care of people and the household and so on.

So that's basically how she came together.  I'm glad you like the way she's written - thank you! :)

Rose:
Yay Julie!

No questions yet...but I wanted to be sure to celebrate your epicness in here. Go ZDR!

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