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Would you like to your novel ve adapted into a movie or a TV series?

Of course!!! That’s the dream, but from a realistic standpoint I don’t think it has enough mass media appeal for that to ever happen…but never say never!!!

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The best artwork from the best artist 🩷

I was commissioned by ariel.n.anderson (IG) to draw her book cover for her Collector’s Edition of Under Your Scars! This project was amazing and I had SO much fun creating it.

Plus it helps if you read the book and know the contents for the Easter eggs included! CHECK OUT HER BOOK ON AMAZON! (It’s a Dark Romance so be sure to read the triggers!!)

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I know you already have a song kist for Under Your Scars but i want to do song rec.

Dear Agony - Breaking Benjamin

Yours To Hold - Skillet

World So Cold - Three Days Grace

Dear Agony almost made the playlist!!!

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If you don't mind, I would like to ask something. What happened between Elliot and the Reeves family (Christian's parents)? What drove Thomas Reeves to murder Elliot's first wife and her two daughters? I'm assuming Elliot killed Thomas and his wife in retaliation for killing Diana, Lisa and Mary.

Thomas had a stalker-like obsession with Diana and when she wouldn’t reciprocate his feelings, he started to get angry and violent until one day he just snapped. Christian said his parents had been fighting a lot in the chapter where he flashes back to the day his parents died, so it’s implied they had marital problems and/or Elizabeth knew that Thomas was trying to have an affair and turned a blind eye until he killed Diana and her kids.

Elliot knew it was Thomas that killed them because he had known Diana was reporting Thomas to the police and continually got away with harassing his wife. The time frame between Diana and her kids getting murdered and then Elliot murdering Thomas in retaliation was only a few days—and Elliot was in Korea at the time so he would have had to travel back to the states, get their affairs in order, and then his grief and anger drove him to killing Thomas and Elizabeth.

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Finished Under Your Scars, health to your hands!!

Hope you'll do more awesome works in the future!

I felt so bad for both Elena and Caroline,though. Poor babies 🥺

Thank you for reading!!!! And yes…poor caroline 🥺🥺🥺

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A image for Elena formed in my mind. Do you mind if i draw her?

Go for it!!!

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Hello again!

I had the opportunity to read Under Your Scars a little bit, and although the genre is not my cup of tea, I was extremely hooked. I burn to the ground for Elena! I have really mixed feelings about Christian, just like Elena; His Silencer side is scary and disturbing, but his civilian side is just as lovable and wholesome.

Elena definitely has her strengths and weaknesses and her moments where she’s both selfish and stupid, but also moments where she stands up for herself.

The Silencer is always scary and intense. Always. But that’s why I love him…his wants and desires come before all else and I think that’s what makes him terrifying.

Christian is a cinnamon roll and deserves a big hug. I’d happily give it to him. Who wouldn’t want to be the object of a billionaires obsession 😍

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I know Omo is now history and I know I bring it up too much. I'm sorry for making you angry with bring it up so much and I won't bring it up again.

I’m not angry with you, far from it. I just don’t know what you want from me.

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Oh no no,since you rewrote Omo, i assumed like that 😅

They are not exactly the same and they are not completely different. Would you still hate Elena? Probably, if you’re expecting her to be a maneater that takes no crap from anyone.

OMO has been deleted and you’ve told me profusely how much you hate everything about it. You told me you have no intentions of reading UYS (which is fine, it’s not a story that has appealed to everyone).

I don’t know how many more ways I can say that a story I wrote in two months with no breaks and no proofreading for free on tumblr is completely different than something I spent an entire year redeveloping into something people pay real money for.

I get it, OMO was bad. Araminta was annoying. Their relationship was toxic. I agree with you on all fronts. UYS is objectively a better story. Do some readers hate it? Absolutely. Would you hate it? If I had to bet money, I’d bet yes.

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I asked about Araminta's personality too, but I think she has roughly the same personality as Elena's 😅

Well yeah…they are based off the same general character backstory? I didn’t create some new badass sassy female OC if that’s what you expected.

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How would you describe the personalities of all your characters?

I’m assuming you mean about Under Your Scars and not OMO…

Elena: ambitious, but also kinda content with just existing. She’s someone very easily influenced by the things she goes through, which is why I think she ultimately ended up getting Stockholm Syndrome’d. She has a backbone, but it’s a weak back.

Christian: suave, charming, ultra-manipulative and effortlessly commanding. He’s not afraid in the slightest about bad publicity. Frequently violent.

One of my reviewers said he displays the dark triad trait of Machiavellianism and I totally agree.

The Silencer: a true psychopath through and through. He displays signs of psychopathy and sociopathy but I think psychopath is a much better fit.

I think this list about sums him up:

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How did you come up with your all Oc's?

I truly just make them up as I go along and then worry about the finer details of their characters later. Like apart from the two or three main characters I make everyone else up on a whim based on what the particular scene is lacking. Adding side characters is the last exciting part of the process for me but delving deep into my main characters is a highlight.

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How did you come across with Jenna Coleman? I came across to her thanks to you and I loved her very much.

The TV show Victoria (I think it’s a pbs show)! I’m a sucker for dramas about the British monarchy.

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Is it possible to read Under Your Scars online and for free?

I can’t offer it online/for free because of my contract with Amazon. The only way to read for “free” is with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

I think you can get a KU subscription for free for the first 2 weeks, but I’m not 100% on that.

If you (or anyone else) intends on reading, PLEASE check the trigger warnings, which I have listed below in their entirety below the cut.

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I'm wondering...

1)What are the similarities and differences between Araminta and Bruce and Elena and Christian's relationship?

2) Is Travis the oldest or youngest one ? For some reason I though of him as the youngest one idk why 😅

Travis is the youngest one! He is one year younger.

The main difference is that Araminta was the toxic one in their relationship and in the book, Christian is the VERY toxic one. I honestly don’t think they have a similar relationship at all.

I can’t really speak on OMO anymore since it’s been deleted and I kinda forgot alot of the stuff that happened in that story, but Christian and Elena were doomed from the start.

Book spoilers below 👇

Christian and Elena meet in similar circumstances. She’s walking home one night by herself and gets cornered in an alley by some thugs.

Christian hears her crying out for help at the exact moment he was getting ready to commit suicide. He takes it as some sort of divine intervention and latches onto Elena because he believes with his entire soul that she’s his guardian angel. He absolutely refuses to let her go and essentially forces her to fall in love with Christian whilst terrorizing her as the Silencer. They do bond, and she does learn to trust the Silencer when she realizes he’s not out to hurt her, but once Christian comes clean, she’s distraught, immediately leaves him and races to the police station to tell the cops who he is. She never makes it there, because she’s kidnapped by some other characters in the story.

Elena does not fall in love with Christian nearly as quickly as he does for her. She doesn’t admit that she loves him until a few chapters into the second act, and by that point, she’s fully aware that she has Stockholm Syndrome but when she tries to leave him again at the beginning of the second act, he makes a very manipulative threat towards her to force her to stay.

I’d like to point out that Christian is a cinnamon roll and loves Elena more than anything and genuinely will do anything to make her happy, but his Silencer alter ego is constantly getting in the way, because both sides of him are so afraid of losing her. The Silencer takes the reins hardcore in the third act, and by that point, Elena is full on delusional about her relationship and sees almost nothing wrong about it.

To be honest, Christian is the real victim in the story. He just wanted a reason to live. He found it, and it gets ripped away because of his fear of living without her. I mean, everyone has a tragic ending in the book, but I feel the worst for him.

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Congratulations for your debut novel!! 🥳

Wish you good fortune!! 🥰

Thank you! 😇 I am very excited but also nervous!

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What inspired you to create your characters?

(Araminta,Elena, Christian and the entire Young family)

For On My Own:

@hollandorks inspired me with her MOTN series and also I had a massive crush on Pattinson’s batman.

For Under Your Scars:

I was already planning on turning On My Own into a novel, but as I was rewriting it, my dad committed suicide and I fell into a horrible depression. I took out my grief and pain on my characters, and that’s when the Silencer went from a vigilante to a ruthless serial killer.