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Thank you

That's very kind of you I've corrected the slips you found. Thank you. I'm grateful for any suggestions you may have. I'm too used to professional editing and I've got lazy I think

Thank you. Julianna Graice is an utter spoiled, nightmare who might also be genuinely nuts. Of course, no one is going to tell her that because she's super beautiful, super rich, super famous and married to a man who is super gorgeous, super rich and super famous.

She's .... interesting

I guess she might win Mother of the Year if she's up against the mothers/stepmothers of the Disney Princesses. I mean she hasn't put them in a 100 year coma or hired someone to cut out their hearts, or lock them in the attic, or make them work in the kitchens.

Aria leaned his head on Amara’s shoulder and Amara glared at Drew. “Don’t you dare laugh at him,” he snapped, “and don’t judge. You’re always judging.” “I’m not.” “Yes, you are. Do you think I can’t see it every time you look at us? You judge us for the drugs, me for the sex, both of us for the way we live, dress, speak. You judge everything about us. And I know everyone judges all the time. People make assessments, assumptions, form opinions, but you’re judgemental.” Drew opened his

No story ever truly ends.

The ones with sad endings generally don't, but you've been unlucky in choosing all the ones with sad endings in one go I think you've read them all. Although, if you've not read it I'd advise you avoid Curved Balls. The vast majority of my stories have happy endings

No one really knows what the Game is. It's been played since humanity first walked the earth. Civilisations have risen and fallen as a result of winning and losing. Immense power goes to the winner while the loser gets nothing. Daniel/Adam, as the end player must make the last move that determines who wins. The other side are desperate to have absolute control over him so they are guaranteed a win. The problem is that no one knows what must be done to end the game, except Daniel/Adam. I hope this becomes clear at the end.

I'd be happy with that. Wait until you meet her!!! If you want to feed her to the pigs now you'll want something worse then so start thinking of something inventive

Momma Bear is a peach for absolute sure and she just keeps getting better. Can't wait for you to meet her.

That's how all parents should be. That's definitely how I try to be with my children. I want them to be better than me, but in their own way not mine. I have amazing children so I think I'm doing something right. My mother was cold and heartless although nowhere near as bad as Julianna Graice. She didn't love me but at least she wasn't mentally unhinged. I'm sure if you have children you'll do just fine because you're starting from exactly the right place.

Drew's a good guy and a professional. Shame Ben wasn't as honourable. I hope it's coming across that although they look identical the twins couldn't be more different in personality. Don't worry, Drew will check things out, and in fact will meet the inimitable Mrs Graice quite soon and see for himself. Why do they change places to have sex? Maybe they don't. Maybe it's the opposite.

Aria is remarkably strong. I think it's a defence mechanism that he often acts much younger than he actually is, but there's a good brain in there. He's a shrewd businessman and not much gets past him. He knows what's going on even if he feels powerless to stop it. Of the two he's the one most under his mother's spell, possibly because he's the one left behind when Amara went soaring off on his rise to fame. It's not that Aria doesn't get recognition and to be honest I think too much fame would make him terribly unhappy but he gets left behind a lot and he clings to whatever scraps he can get from his mother's plate. As for Julianna being a monster - I'm not arguing with you on that one. Fame and fortune buys silence and if this woman were not who she is I think she'd either be in a mental hospital or the boys would be in care.

Like I said, sometimes you all terrify me But you keep those plot bunnies bouncing

I keep forgetting the like button so apologies on that. I'll try to remember because I LOVE when people comment. There's nothing I like more than chatting about my boys. Ben is about as useful as a chocolate teapot when it comes to protecting Amara. In fact, a chocolate teapot would be better because at least a potential threat might trip over it. There's no doubt, Ben sees Amara as a meal ticket to a good time and spends more of it having fun than watching his charge. Drew on the other hand is a professional through and through and the knowledge that Ben is such a pathetic amateur and potentially dangerous does not sit well with him. At the the end of the day, if Ben's incompetence proves dangerous to Amara, it's likely to be dangerous to Aria too.

celebrity raises a lot of issues for sure. Not all of them are connected with drugs and alcohol. Strangely, some people seem to escape the lure, no matter how high the pressure or tragic the circumstances.

Thank you Oh yes indeed, Drew has a lot to learn, and so do they boys.

Sometimes you guys terrify me (I'll bear that in mind, although I'm sure someone would notice if I fill a pit in my garden with molten metal. It might be a fun barbecue though.

I think I need some of you guys as consultants

Keep your pen out

Aria is certainly suffering from some form of psychological problem. Not unusually for abused children he clings to the person who abuses him and makes inappropriately fast and deep connections to other people. It's a self defeating cycle. He forms fast bonds that can't last and when they break it pushes him to form more shallow and incomplete bonds which also break Hopefully, with Drew he's lucked out and formed a bond that may be fast but isn't fragile. I think Amara was already coming to the end as far as switching with his brother is concerned. He's seen the dangers and wants out but Aria was afraid to step up. Things are changing fast.

I've occasionally called a character by the wrong name, but it's usually because I've been reading a book (mine or someone else's) and the name of a character has stuck in my head when I'm writing. I have no more difficulty keeping my characters straight in my head than my children (and that's not saying never to either :D) To me, my characters are real people, and I "see" them in my head. I "know" them, so it's very rare I get their eye colour or name or anything else mixed up. However, I'm getting old and my memory's not what it was, so I have started keeping files of basic information as well as pictures of main characters and places to help me keep things straight. For me, planning things out, even a bare bones, takes the magic away before it starts. When I get an idea I have to write it down and if I pause to plan how to write it down it takes the edge off. Meh, maybe I'm just weird. No, I absolutely am weird but this is just about the writing

Hehe. No pressure at all. I'm really enjoying so far. For a first story, it's pretty amazing. Like I said, there are published authors out there who could learn a thing or two about flow and style, and the editing is sooo much better than some I've read. It sounds so condescending to say "Great job, keep it up", maybe something Charles would say but it's true. First chapters are important and this is a really good one.

Absolutely. I'm shit at writing screenplays. I thought it would be a piece of cake given that most of my stories are so heavy in dialogue. HAH! no. I've never managed to finish one, so I'm sticking to novels. I have tried plotting. I have an entire series of eight books set in a haunted hotel planned out, with floor plans of all the rooms, titles and sketches of each book with files of photographs for everything from characters to room design. I had an absolute blast getting it all together, but when it sat down to start writing I was bored with it and the writing just won't come. I've put it aside for other projects so who knows, maybe in the future when I've forgotten everything and can start again I'll pick it up. I don't find it scary at all. It's exhilarating. It's a therapy, a way to work out what I think about certain subjects, a way to make sense of the world and an absolute treat when I get to certain parts that get my pulse racing (not the sex bits). There's nothing I enjoy more than spending a few hours with my boys torturing the hell out of them and loving every minute. No, actually that's not entirely true. If there's one thing I love more than writing my boys it's talking about them, so thank you