Answer to "What made you choose such diverse and unique characters, such as Ivy and max?"

Christina asked, "What made you choose such diverse and unique characters, such as Ivy and max?"

The character of Ivy was based off myself. I grew up on a farm and started competing in horse riding events as a child. My husband, who Max is based on, grew up in a city and is as addicted to surfing as I am to horse riding!

I really am dyslexic and really do have a crazy horse that I saved from being euthanized.

My husband can fix anything and really is ruggedly handsome ;)

Just as in the book, we spent over a decade believing that each of us didn't love eachother back.

The diversity of the other characters came from our friends and family. There are some very dynamic personalities in our group of loved ones!