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Fic Talk => Featured Story of the Month => Topic started by: mare on August 01, 2013, 05:50:17 AM
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Happy August everyone!
This month our featured author is Kyrie and she has picked her story First Impressions to be the one we talk about. Here is the link to the story:
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=11095&warning=4
She has joined the forum and hopefully will be participating in any discussions or questions regarding her writing.
So welcome to Kyrie and everyone else, feel free to ask questions and welcome her to the board! :)
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1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?
2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?
3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.
4) What made you come up with the concept of this one?
5) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
6) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
7) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you for reading my story and I'll do my best to answer all the questions that Mare posted:
1) No one knows that I am a teacher and that experience Kat had with her students is one I've had in the past with mine - unfortunately the Backstreet Boys were not there :-(
2) It took me about two months to write the story.
3) Kat Brady has always loved the Backstreet Boys and unknowingly gets a chance to meet them. Unfortunately, her favorite AJ isn't in the best frame of mind to meet a new fan. She tries to make the most of a bad situation and thanks to her family, he starts to come around. Their relationship gets stronger but meets with some resistance from several people. Sometimes you don't get a fairytale ending no matter how hard you try.
4) I came up with the concept by trying to figure out how the boys and a fan might react if they got a chance to mix their personal lives with a chance encounter.
5) I love Kat. I know she is frustrating and way too stubborn for her own good but she has a good heart, truly loves her family and friends and would do anything for them.
6) Without a doubt it's Michelle. She is selfish, cruel and just does not care about anyone but herself. She will use whoever she needs to get what she wants.
7) All the boys are in the story but AJ and Nick are the primary ones. Brian plays a much larger part in the sequel "Lasting Impressions."
I hope you all enjoy the story and Want to read the sequel. Please send me any feedback, good or bad, so I cam improve my writing and stories!
Thanks again!
Kyrie
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What do you teach, Kyrie? There are a lot of teachers on the board! I think that's pretty awesome!
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Woot, another teacher! Welcome to the forum, and congratulation s on being featured, Kyrie!
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Mare - It's going to sound weird but I teach 8th grade math. My first love has always been English though.
RokofAges75 - Thank you! I've really enjoyed the writing and I was thrilled to be picked!
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That doesn't sound weird LOL
I wish I loved math in school! I'm an elementary /junior high music teacher. Those years are challenging but I love them!
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I actually hated math when I was their age which they find very funny since that's what I teach! I couldn't ask for a better job even when they are challenging. They always make for an interesting day! Lol
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Yes, that age is entertaining to say the least!
Here are a few more questions for you Kyrie. We used to do a featured forum member getting to know you thing so I figured might as well ask you some of these as well so we can all get to know you better!
1. Real name:
2. How long have you been on AC?
3. How long have you been writing fanfics?
4. Give us a list of stories you have written.
5. List some of your all time favorite stories you have read.
6. Do you have your own site?
7. What are your favorite types of stories to read?
8. Who is your favorite BSB?
9. Do you find yourself writing about him more than the others?
10. What do you want to do with the rest of your life?
11. Where are you from?
12. What kinds of hobbies do you enjoy?
13. What's your favorite movie?
14. What's your favorite book?
15. Any hidden talents?
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Here goes:
1) Erin LaBelle
2) Since March of this year
3) About 6 months
4) Walk With Me, Don't Want To Lose You Now, Crawling Back To You, First Impressions and Lasting Impressions
5) Speak Now, Home and October Road by Sapphire, Do You Believe In Magic and The Ghost of You and Me by evergreenwrite r83, Got Away by Pengi, and Falling Down by Rosalie
6) No
7) Any drama and romance especially AJ and Nick stories
8) AJ
9) By far. All five of my stories have been about AJ but I am going to try my hand at a Nick story when I finish Lasting Impressions
10) Teach and start a family; also meeting the guys wouldn't be so bad!
11) Brockton, Massachusetts
12) Reading, writing, swimming, cooking
13) A Walk To Remember and Sleeping With The Enemy
14) Anything by Mary Higgins Clark, Danielle Steel and Wendy Corsi Staub
15) I love to write fanfics
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Congrats on being featured! :) I loved your first series and I am loving the current one.
I will admit I get frustrated with Kat so my question is this: Is she going to stop being so damn stubborn any time soon?
What made you start writing fanfics?
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Thanks Sapphire! Yes she is going to be a little less stubborn and maybe more willing to see the big picture.
Reading some of your stories made me want to try writing them and I was hoping that people would enjoy them!
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Aw really? You're too sweet. WEll I'm gad you liked them.
I'm really enjoying your stuff. Keep it up. I look forward to seeing what happens in Lasting Impressions.
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What types of scenes are your favorites to write?
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I think the scenes that seem more "real life" are my favorites. Ones that show people interacting with their freidnds and family as well as showing their teasing nature. I try to write scenes that people can relate to, albeit without the boys being in them!
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Do you tend to use a lot of dialogue or are you more of a description person?
Also do you ever put yourself into any of your characters or tend to model any characters after people you know?
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I definitely use more dialogue. One thing I wish I was better at was descriptions. I can picture things in my head but have trouble getting them out.
I put pieces of me into my main characters and base other characters off friends and family. I have one friend in particular that gets a kick out of it and loves to pick her names!
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Do most of your friends and family know you write?
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No only one friend and one student know. My mother was an English teacher and loved to write. She passed away two years ago and I started reading fan fiction again. After reading some of the stories, I decided to try writing them and I wanted to see how well I could do it before I told people.
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I'm sorry about your mom. I think most of us feel the same way when it comes to letting people know about writing. I am pretty sure I'd die if one of my students ever found out I wrote. LOL
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How did you formulate the idea for this story? Why did you want AJ to be a jerk to Kat when they met?
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The idea actually came to me when some of my student were after school playing the game Headbanz and they conned me into playing it with them!
I decided to have AJ act that way because it makes him more real. Everyone has a bad day and has to deal with issues that make them not that easy to be around.
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Do you have a favorite chapter in your story? Or a favorite scene?
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One of my favorites has to be when they are playing football and AJ accidently tackles her. It was the tension breaker they both needed and it change the direction of the story.
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IS this going to be a trilogy like your first story line?
Why did you bring the horrible ex girlfriend back?
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This story will probably end with this sequel. I don't think I have enough for a third one. I had to bring back the girlfriend because there were some unresolved issues and they can't always be happy :-)
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How hard will it be to say goodbye to your characters from this story?
Are you currently working on any new stories you'd like to tell us about?
:)
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Very hard! I love Kat and her relationship with AJ. Maybe I'll come back to it at some point - don't want people to get bored! I am going to try my hand at a Nick story next and see how that goes. It's going to be called "Jessie's Girl"
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Can't wait to see what happens in Lasting impressions.
Looking forward to the new story as well.
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Thanks Sapphire! Your support and reviews have been fantastic and I know you're not big into Nick stories but I hope you like this one!
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So now that we're entering the last few days of the month, is there anything you want to tease about what's to come in your story?
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The sequel "Lasting Impressions" deals with a lot of tough topics and there will be a few more in the upcoming chapters. We'll have to see how they play out!
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Thanks for letting us feature you, Kyrie! :)
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Thank you for choosing me!