Courtney Whetten asked Elizabeth Eulberg:

Hi Elizabeth. I read your book "Just Another Girl" last year and I really really loved it. It really helped me to remember that we shouldn't judge other people without knowing the whole story first. It's really helped me to tone down my judgement toward other people and it was just a life changing story. I was just wondering what compelled you to write this story? How did you come up with the idea?

Elizabeth Eulberg Thanks, Courtney! That means a lot to me as Just Another Girl was a hard book to write. I came up with the idea years ago when I was on tour with author Jackson Pearce, who did a modern retelling of The Little Mermaid, Fathomless. She mentioned that in the original Hans Christian Andersen version, the princess that was set to marry the price wasn’t this wicked creature portrayed in the Disney version, she was just another girl. Hmmm... I started thinking about all the love triangles we see in books and movies. The girlfriend usually is painted as a villain. So, what if she was just another girl?

It was an idea I thought about for five years before I started to write. My original plan was to have Parker be this popular cheerleader with a perfect life, but she needed to have a secret. Then I decided to make her a lot more complicated. And well... don't want to spoil it for people who haven't read the book. Parker is unlike any character I've ever written about. I still think about her. Oddly enough, Hope was the harder one to write since she's closer to me (always the one pining...sigh...). ;)

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