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So, I see a few questions out in the field, so I figure I'll address them really quick. First off, I would love to have a set release schedule but, at this point, I'm not sure that's entirely feasible. My job takes up most of my day and requires me to get to bed fairly early so, during weekdays, I only have a short amount of time to write. I can promise that I will continue to give updates but that's about all I can promise. Second, something that I've wanted to address for a little bit but I figure would be a good time now, I've noticed a lot of people wondering why Jack is so perfect and 'vanilla'. It's a perfectly valid opinion if you think this and I would never be so arrogant as to say someone's interpretation of my work is incorrect, but I would ask this question: is Jack really perfect? Another very important question...who is telling the story? Am I telling the story or is Jack telling the story, from his point of view? I've had a lot of people send me messages, telling me that they can see that Jack is nowhere near perfect, it's just how he sees and justifies his actions that makes him seem perfect. Now, do you have to have this view as well? Absolutely not. Like I said, you interpret it as you will. But take a step out of Jack's head and look at what he does from an outsider's perspective, who doesn't know Jack. Is he a white knight, pure of heart, or is he more along the lines of, say, a control freak who needs everything just so? I've heard a lot of different theories and interpretations and they're all very fun. I've also had a surprising number of people ask me who I would cast in the roles were this story made into a movie. I would certainly love to see the cast that other people come up with but here are the actors I see in the roles, as they are now: Jack- Kodi Smit-Mcphee Kayla- Emma Watson Amanda- Chloe Grace Moretz Alan- Asa Butterfield Joe- Frankie Muniz (later Malcolm in the Middle years) Craig- Jackie Gleeson Brad- Evan Peters Belle- Rachel Hurd-Wood Becca- Sophie Turner Tara- Emma Roberts Unfortunately, I don't have many ideas for the adults but I'd love to hear what other people think. I've gotten a couple pages into Chapter 21 so I better get back

Lol well I always thought of Kayla as played by Emma Stone. Either way, Id tap that.

I just told him if he knew so much better, then show me. While he was doing his Bruce Lee impression I just kicked him the balls - crude but effective

You go Bronx, so what burns my ass is some wet behind the ears turtle telling me that after thirty tears in my chosen profession that I don't know what I'm doing! I think I may need a medic in my class, one of my students is a bleeder!

Cool thx, every class has a know it all or a tough guy

I've never encountered those Social Justice folks. I'm sure they'd not have any problems with my seminal story, "Mike Rapes A Dyke."

I came of age in the 70s, and honestly, the term feminism has been abused, mutated, morphed, and Photoshopped into something Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug would poke gingerly with a stick before calling for a tactical strike (delivered by a completely kick-ass woman fighter pilot). I have no use for the SJW terrorists who run rampant waving plagiarized banners and trying to earn their metaphoric balls on the back of someone else's sacrifice. You want cred with me? Grow up and become Rosa Parks, or Marie Curie, or Hedy Lamarr. BUILD it up, don't tear it down and think you deserve praise, because you don't, not until you contribute something more than being a cyber-bully.