1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?
Cindy is based off of a real life friend of mine who spent some time with her mom in a battered women's shelter hiding from her father until he was finally arrested for attempted murder. She is a tough case like Cindy and every bit the potty mouth, but when she lets you in she's this sweet caring person and you can't help but love her.
2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?
From the time I got the idea to the time I finished the story was just about 3 months. (I was pretty manic at the time -lol)
3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.
When a white trash princess meets a pop star prince her world quickly goes from bad to worse to "fucking fairytale". When the Backstreet Boys get towed into Cindy's life she gets way more than broken down BMW. She gains, a best friend, a father, an arch enemy, a prince charming, some "sexy underwear", and most importantly, freedom.
4) If you could cast this story as a movie who would play the main roles and why?
oh man that's tough. How do you cast Cindy? Obviously the Boys would be the Boys and for Danny I always pictured Shane West. I don't know why, he just seemed to fit the part. John is more of a... well Kevin actually... I guess since I didn't write him in, he could have John's part in the movie. Cindy is harder cause she's based off of someone I know in real life. I never pictured her as anyone else.
5) Have you ever thought of giving up on the story and if you did what made you continue to work on it?
Acutally no. I loved writing every page of this story. I was a bit nervous to do it because I'd never tried anything dark before. (and this isn't really that dark -lol) But I spit it out so fast that there was never any time to think about giving up. I wish they were all like that!
6) What was your writing process? (Outline, make it up as you go along, the characters wrote it, I am Tonja and plagerized lol)
LMAO TONJA!!! Actually I LOVE outlines! Can't write without them, but the characters always end up taking over.
7) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
That's actually a toss up between Cindy and Leighanne actually. They just complimented each other so well. Kind of like Sam and Dean Winchester, only not anywhere near as brilliant (or hot.)
Cool You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
Actually it was Howie. Not because I don't like him cause he's actually my second fave behind Brian, but he's just so hard to write. I never knew if I was doing him justice or not. Love him but he drives me crazy because I can't ever really get into his head.
9) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
I left Kevin out because I was just curious what what the story would feel like without him. Subconsciously preparing myself for the Backstreet Four I guess. But he's in both of my current stories so, gone but not forgotten!
10) If we like this story...then we'd love what story? (Could be by you or someone else) and obviously tell us why lol
well if you loved this story, then I wouldn't necessarily recommend any of my others -lol because it's drastically different from anything else I've written. But! I was inspired to write it after reading Sarah's (starbeamz2) "Once Upon A Time" It's also a wonderful version of the Cinderella fairytale! I love it tons! SO... If you liked Not Your Average Cinderella Story, then you might just LOVE Once Upon A Time by Starbeamz2 so go check it out! *coughs* Sarah UPDATE!!!