A Love-Hate Relationship

I've begun writing the Kraut sequel. I've written two chapters, and I've gotten feedback from my writing group on chapter one. These first two chapters have been tough to write primarily because I have a love-hate relationship with Ike, the main character.

I love Ike because he's interesting to me. When I wrote The Fifth Kraut, I saw Ike as a character who is young and not entirely in control of his life or his hormones. He was just turning 18 and still living life as a teenager should: carefr...