Anna asked Stylo Fantome:

I could gush over your books to the point of being obnoxious:) I have loved the series from the first book. I am looking forward to many, many more books from you. My question is: is Jameson based on a real man? If yes, then what does the real man look like? when you first started thinking about writing those books, what was the first scene, or the character that were first born in your head or on your computer?

Stylo Fantome Jameson isn't based on anyone - if anything, he is more like me than anyone else I could compare him to (only actually mean - I have the filter that Jameson is lacking ha ha). I wanted a character who was never ever afraid to speak his mind, even if his mind wasn't a very nice place. When I first started conjuring up Jameson, I pictured someone tall, broad shouldered, with dark hair. Big. Intimidating. My kind of romantic lead. But I also follow blogs, and David Gandy was a favorite that was mentioned a lot. So I gave Jameson blue eyes, for the ladieeeesssss, hahaha.

Jameson was the first character I thought of for the story - I explain that in the acknowledgements in Degradation, how it all started as a joke. Then my next thought was "I want to read a story where the guy really doesn't like the girl, and isn't very nice to her."

Then the prologue came to me. In the very first draft I wrote, the prologue was right after Tate's high school graduation. But I felt it was too much, that it would turn people off, so I rewrote it to be Christmas break during her first year at college and made her 18. But I always wanted that BANG!, leading with that crazy erotica scene at the beginning.

Thank you so much for reading, and for asking questions! I'm so glad you enjoyed the stories. :D

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