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Cathy asked Penelope Douglas:

Hey, Penelope! I'm a huge fan of your books, Bully and Rival are my all time faves. So I was wondering if you make characters based on zodiac signs. Like, do you choose birthdays that make a couple compatible. This was hard to explain, haha. Since both Jared and Tate are Libras they're a pretty good match. Is this a coincidence or do you choose signs that are compatible with each other?

Penelope Douglas Hey, Cathy!

Actually, I don't. The issue with the ages in my work is that I want them to be high school stories WITH sex, but no one wants to read detailed love scenes between characters under 18. And I don't want to write those. So since most people have to be 5 years old by September 1 or 15 (depending on the state) to start kindergarten, that means most seniors in high school start the year at 17 years old. I have to make sure Jared and Tate turned 18 quickly (to write love scenes) but not too quickly, otherwise they would've been seniors the year before. Lol. Sounds confusing, but no, there was no astrological motivation. If you notice the flashbacks of Madoc and Fallon, the sex was fade to black, since they were only 16.

Thanks for the question!

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(I saw some character Q&A's so I hope this is okay!!) Kade: How do you feel about the fact that Dylan might have a thing for you? Jared: How do YOU feel about the fact that Dylan might have a thing for Kade?

gloria .☆ﾟ. asked Penelope Douglas:

in the future would you like/plan to do more sports romances? i adored the lacrosse aspect in TSV and it left me wanting more, it creates so much tension (esp in ff romance since we rarely see that). thankyou so much for writing all your books <3

Priscilla asked Penelope Douglas:

Hi Penelope, love your Fallaway series and really cant wait for what is to come in the hellbent series. Funnily, got my husband to read Punk57 and he was shocked at how much he actually liked it. When writers block hits, what do you do to get motivated to write again?

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(I saw some character Q&A's so I hope this is okay!!) Kade: How do you feel about the fact that Dylan *might* have a thing for you? Jared: How do YOU feel about the fact that Dylan *might* have a thing for Kade?

in the future would you like/plan to do more sports romances? i adored the lacrosse aspect in TSV and it left me wanting more, it creates so much tension (esp in ff romance since we rarely see that). thankyou so much for writing all your books <3

Hi Penelope, love your Fallaway series and really cant wait for what is to come in the hellbent series. Funnily, got my husband to read Punk57 and he was shocked at how much he actually liked it. When writers block hits, what do you do to get motivated to write again?

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(I saw some character Q&A's so I hope this is okay!!) Kade: How do you feel about the fact that Dylan might have a thing for you? Jared: How do YOU feel about the fact that Dylan might have a thing for Kade?