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As one who is also wasting time until the Like a Virgin Contest actually gets underway, I'm going to take CaronWrites questions and answer her additional firsts! And those of you who don't know, Like a Virgin is a YA/NA competition for writers NEW to writing contests. 

Here we go!  I'm answering these for my current MS submitted into the contest.

1: Who was the first character you came up with? My MC, Hudson. I'm a visual person and I just saw him standing there (in my head of course) looking all sorts of teenager-pitiful. His name came right after.

2: Who was the first person to read your book? My husband. Of course. Because at the time, I had zero writerly friends to share it with. It's a good thing I found some after. He's definitely not the MOST HONEST of critics. I'm willing to bet it had more to do with that "sleeping on the couch" threat I made over and over.

3: How long did your first draft take? Three to four months of complete and total obsession, not long after MONTHS of planning and thinking. At the time, I was a teacher by day and sometimes... the word 'day' means lots of things, like evenings, nights and weekends. 

4: What was the first thing you changed when you started revisions? Besides my horrible grammar?  My CPs all stressed about getting more in the head of my MC, so that really came first. Never mind it destroyed my word count ;)

5: Who was your first celebrity crush? Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 9 years old. Despite it being Kevin Costner, it totally turned me on to the brave, manly-looking male bad-asses. 

6: What are the first TWO WORDS of your book? "I only"