Lifewrangling,

Thank you for your support, I do agree that I should put it on paper regardless of if people will like it, and I do feel that my story has grown along with me, and maybe writing it will help me grow even more. I do find that working on it little by little help, and makes it seem less intimating in writing it all!

Anita,

This is actually a very hard question to answer, as there are so many forms of love and acceptance (and sometimes a lack of love and acceptance) found within the story. I suppose when it comes to my story, some of it can turn into being influenced by my life, or being something I wish I had in my life.

When it comes to the aspects of Love and acceptance in the story, It isn’t directly related to my life. I do think the major love aspect is empathized with love for nature which is a large aspect of myself, but the main character is strongly motivated by her love for her father (who she lost in the beginning of the story) as well as her cousin and other friends. I do not think this greatly mirrors my life literally as I am not motivated by my father and I am not close to any of my cousins, however, I am a very family-orientated person and see family as important.

I was very specific in making sure that romantic love was not empathized in the main character’s story because I do not want unnecessary distractions from her story. There are some parts of love and acceptance found in my story is more of a projection on what I wish was found in my life. One character has a subplot regarding love with another main character and she accepts her love regardless of all his (literal) monsters. Also, by the end of the story I do see a love for community in the main character, and this is something I greatly wish I had in my life.
With acceptance, the main character goes through many events that leave her more open minded about different people and that the world is not black and white.

Thanks,

Laure