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I've always thought that mafia-Romance books were interesting. I read a few when I first came to Wattpad back in 2012, but was no where near the skill I am today to execute one of my own properly.

So this idea for Thin I've went through A LOT of changes. I had been watching Season 2 of Fargo and got inspired by the episode when Kirsten Dunst's character kills a man's with her car. I wanted that to be someone in the mafia that she killed and my MC gets wrapped in the family that way. Clearly that didn't happen, and after several rewrites, I ended up where I am now.

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I struggled making my version of the mafia seem real. As if the events could REALLY happen and would be appropriate in that environment. It was also a bit difficult working on the abuse scenes. I didn't want them overly graphic or too weak to seem emotionally grabbing.

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I love writing the children into my story and I know my readers hate him, but I really enjoyed writing Adrian's POV. He has a bunch of layers and if you can look past the hate, you can see it. Plus, it's interesting to see the response to his actions, especially for new readers. I also really enjoyed creating my plot twists. I have a few in the works, and I can't wait to reveal them.

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I tell them all the time that I still can't believe that they really love it, but they do! Haha. It's been a great response.

I want to do a series, but we will see. More yes than no.

Everything you do is a risk. Just make sure you're taking the right risks.

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DO ALL OR MOST RESEARCH BEFORE YOU START THAT FIRST CHAPTER!! Figure out your characters. I don't mean just their names or where they're from, I mean like, what they like, relationships, nicknames, age, age in relation to other characters, timelines, and why they do what they do.

I read a lot of articles about how to complete a book before I wrote this and that helped too.

Read! Live! Experience! It's always good to pull from what you know and don't be afraid to put a piece of yourself into the story.

It makes writing flow so much smoother.

Her love for children. That's as much as I'd like to reveal haha.

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The fact that it's a BWWM story that gives insight to multiple POV.

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Always, my brain literally comes up with one a day. Haha! A mystery/thriller novel! I'm hoping to have it out by this December!