C.M. Cahill
author of contemporary romance
Tragic Hope Fun Facts
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Tragic Hope was originally written in 2009.
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A bit ashamed to admit this, but when I first started writing Tragic Hope, it was a fan-fiction for Twilight. That lasted for about a paragraph.
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The first scene written began at the Renaissance Festival.
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Tragic Hope was not suppose to end the way it did. I wanted to avoid the love triangle but the more I wrote about Scraps, the more I liked him :)
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I hand wrote Tragic Hope and still have the notebooks.
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I gave Brice his name because it was what I wanted my son's middle name to be and it was close to my first real love's name, Bree.
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Mason's house was inspired by a house that was across the street from my dad's, minus the pimped out garage.
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The reason the Renaissance Festival is so detailed is because I attend every year, we even dress up.
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One year, the king there sang Happy Birthday to my son.
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The drive Lily was on when she had her accident, was my way home from work.
Dyed Thoughts Fun Facts
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I LOVED writing from Scraps's POV
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The band they saw in London (SubZero) is from my fellow author's books, you can check her out here: Rebecca Elise
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Scraps was originally based off a guy I dated in high school that dyed his hair often.
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Nate aka Scraps was originally named "Tim."
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Writing his POV of Lily's accident was hard! Trying to have him the right mixture of emotions was quite the task.
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I knew I was going to do his POV while writing Tragic Hope
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I do plan on at least one more novella from his POV, it already has a name ;)
Worth the Wait Fun Facts
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The 1st book I had to write sex scenes for.
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Had stolen Alisa's name from another future WIP
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Also had the most name changes (ie Derek's friends)
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Changed them from generic Mike, Wayne & Luke to Tristan, Weston & Reid in case I decide to do books for them.
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Derek Armstrong (the lead guy) was named in honor of my favorire series, Darkest Powers. First name Derek for the guy in it and Armstong for the author-Kelley Armstrong.
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I have never been to North Carolina. Driven through it though.
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I was addicted (and still am) to Pinterest while writing this. Every outfit had to be found :)
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The proposal came to me while I was copying down the blessing that is before it.
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The park they go to is based on the one I frequent the most here in my area.
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It was a bit difficult to write all the bar/drinking stuff because I haven't really drank alcohol in over 5 years!