Hi everyone, welcome to the self-interview! Thank you for joining me today as I talk to The_Jordanator about his story which is fast rising in popularity, Someone Like Me.

Me: Thank you for agreeing to do this

J: It's a pleasure.

Me: The first question we want to ask you is not on your story, but for yourself. You're a new author to GA, and 16 years old which is quite young. You've also told us that you're bisexual as well. Have you ever been bullied for your sexuality?

J: Well, no not really. I haven't told anyone I'm bisexual, apart from my parents and of course you wonderful people on here. Our family is religious, so we don't accept homosexuality because its not how God made us. So it's pretty hard for me, and they trying to stop my gay inclinations. However, it's hard not too when the heart feels the opposite. But no, I haven't been abused for being bisexual.

Me: Intriguing. What is life like in New Zealand?

J: For Americans, it would be a much prettier place with less sugar and more rain and wind. And heaps smaller too.

Me: A very good summary there. Now, into your story - Someone Like Me. Firstly, congrats on the popularity it's been getting!

J: Yeah thanks, I was hoping people would enjoy it.

Me: And enjoy it we do. You've been getting reviews from a quite a lot of people too. People like Curti and drpaladin, Robert Rex, Scary, Clochette, AtrueFan...man, the list goes on. What do you think of all these reviews?

J: I honestly appreciate every single one of them. Even a tiny review gives me a spurt of motivation to keep me going writing my story. It's what compells me to write. Without readers or reviews, you'd be lucky if the second chapter was published. Thanks to those guys so much.

Me: Fantastic. You've also picked up an editor too?

J. Yes, my man Lenny has offered to be my editor so that's what he's doing. I've recruited him since Chapter 5, and he does a wicked job looking through my work, making footnotes about things I could perhaps fix or improve. My writing isn't always perfect, but Lenny helps me get there. I'll look forward to working with him more.

Me: Great stuff. What I find interesting about this story is that you've named the main character after yourself. Why's that?

J: I've named the main character Jordan because one of the characters he has a crush on is also the name of a person I know in real life. If you've seen my forum topic entry 'What to do with that Crush', you'll find I talk about the crush I have at school. Jordan's crush will look and be exactly like my own crush, which is why it is fitting the main character is Jordan. However, I do not go through the same experience as Jordan does in the story.

Me: Now we all want to know this, I think the fans of your story should be informed of the future of Someone Like Me. What can you tell us about where the story is heading and what we should look out for when we're reading the chapters?

J: Okay, so at the moment the story has been setting itself up. You've been introduced to characters, some side mentioned but most the character Jordan has met. After the next 2 or 3 chapters, things will kick off with something handwritten. Along the way, there will be various points and events that will happen, leading to a climax. Now this climax will be big, and if you haven't picked it up already, it does occur at a particular future event, which is where the entire story leads. All I can say is brace yourselves.

I just want to warn you that there most likely will be sexual content in my story, I'm a little shy on this subject but I'll do my best with it. I just wanted to warn you in case you'd be shocked with it. But that comes much later.

As for what to look out for? I'd say particular characters. If you haven't already, Sean and Malachi are ones to watch. But you do not want to ignore Victor and Isabel Brooks, the parents of Jordan. Reviews have suggested this, and they are correct: Victor and Isabel are more than what they seem.

And two other ones to keep in the back of your mind are James Pierce with his assertive son Patrick. There will be at least more from Patrick. Someone suggested calling him 'PeePee', and that has actually inspired me for something in the plot, so thank you to that person.

Me: I'm sure were all looking forward to reading more about this. Do you know when Chapter Six is being published?

J: Soon. It's still being written, but it's getting there. It should be done fairly soon as I said.

Me: Okay, enough rambling on about your story. Thank you for joining us today, good to have a chat.

J: Thanks you too. Now get the hell back into my body, alternate personality!

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