Bookcat
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Penelope Douglas:
Helloo!! Love your books! <3 They are an insta buy for me. I find so many of the characters relatable, mostly the male characters 0.o lol. I'm excited for Tryst Venom Six because I have not read any FF books. How much of what you write is personal experience, another person's story, pure imagination, and/or research? What inspires you to write the in depth worlds you create? I'm more interested in Damon's story. :D
Penelope Douglas
Hi, Heather!
Everything I write has some personal experience. For instance, most of my books have an absent or disfunctional parent. I also research, and tell my own lessons I've learned in a more interesting way than how I learned them lol
And of course, I use my imagination. This is usually why my books take a while. Ideas don't happen on a dime. It takes time.
With Damon, everything felt very natural. I think people like him can take what's happened to them and let it destroy them or use it as a motivator. They grow up seeing exactly what they don't want in life and are committed to beating it.
I like books that make you want to reread them simply because you've found a world you never want to leave. Worlds that are atmospheric and give you situations you can live in vicariously, knowing you'll win. Unfortunately, we don't always know that in real life. Books are an escape that way.
I hope that answers your question. Thank you so much, and I hope you like Tryst Six Venom!
Everything I write has some personal experience. For instance, most of my books have an absent or disfunctional parent. I also research, and tell my own lessons I've learned in a more interesting way than how I learned them lol
And of course, I use my imagination. This is usually why my books take a while. Ideas don't happen on a dime. It takes time.
With Damon, everything felt very natural. I think people like him can take what's happened to them and let it destroy them or use it as a motivator. They grow up seeing exactly what they don't want in life and are committed to beating it.
I like books that make you want to reread them simply because you've found a world you never want to leave. Worlds that are atmospheric and give you situations you can live in vicariously, knowing you'll win. Unfortunately, we don't always know that in real life. Books are an escape that way.
I hope that answers your question. Thank you so much, and I hope you like Tryst Six Venom!
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Jessica
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Penelope Douglas:
Hi Penelope! I have a couple questions.. first if I remember correctly you saying you were bullied when you were younger. If so, did your bully or anyone who affected you negatively ever try to contact you to apologize? My second question is when creating your Playlist, do you already have a certain Playlist created while writing or do you have everything on shuffle and use the songs that inspire you most?
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