Encoded in our DNA (A BTS Reverse Harem x OC story)

Q&A

First of all I am sorry this is at least about an hour later than I wanted it to be.  

This is your last opportunity to guess who my soulmate is before I reveal it.

Thanks to Jetteken, SarahHorrell, and HopesPinkUnicorn for the questions. I also added a couple of my own.

BTW, Questions 19 through 49 were exceptionally last minute. So, I had to come up with the answers pretty fast in order to get this posted today.

1. Where did the idea of this story come from?

- I was originally working on another reverse harem for BTS and it wasn't really coming together like I wanted it too. It was very dark and hard to get into. I think after pushing that away I started pouring over some of BTS' more cheerful sounding songs. DNA became the song I gravitated to most so I looked up the lyrics and the idea spawned from both them as well as dreams I started having.

2. What books did you have to read while in school growing up that you fell in love with?

- You might expect me to say To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, but honestly I actually didn't like that one too much. It's not a book, but I loved Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. A book called A Separate Peace by John Knowles. And The Giver by Lois Lowry.

3. What sort of books did you read growing up?

- When I was really young I was addicted to The Boxcar Children series by Fertrude Chandler Warner.

- When I reached my teenage years, Young Adult thrillers were a big trend. I remember I was reading authors Richie Tankersley Cusick (don't ask how I remember her name I just do), Christopher Pike, and R. L. Stine. This was before Goosebumps when he was writing the Fear Street novels and other Young Adult thrillers. Another series that heavily stands out to me was V.C. Andrews Heaven series. (Also the author of Flowers in the Attic) After reading it I don't know why I loved it so much. Honestly there were a lot of twists and turns I didn't end up liking much.

- My adult years have been romance novel after romance novel. If you are curious about some of the books I would currently recommend available on Kindle let me know.

4. What was the first thing you ever wrote that made you realize you wanted to become a writer?

- I honestly liked to write a lot, but there was one bigger later on moment that really stood out to me. I don't remember what age I was. I want to say I was either in Middle School or Early High School age. I got this idea that spun off of the YA thrillers I just mentioned. It was about a small town that was built with hidden underground passages everywhere. I honestly don't remember too much after that though. At the time we didn't have a great computer, or perhaps we didn't have one at all. We did however have a clunky old-school typewriter. That was a pain! I can't recall if I typed it up or my sister did, but the papers were all put in the typewriter case and somehow my sister lost them all.

5. What was the hardest chapter to write?

- Any and all of the NSFW sex scenes. They also got the most editing and proofreading out of the entire story. If a normal chapter was proofread three times than I would swear that the sex scenes were proofread and edited somewhere between 8 and 10. Also, any of the chapters where I had to hurt someone.

6. Were there any chapters that made you cry?

- First of all I'm a sap. I both 'happy cry' and 'sad cry' all the time. I have gotten teased about crying during Winnie the Pooh movies. So I know there were several moments when my own story made me cry. The one happy moment that stands out off the top of my head was the 'proposal' chapter. Three sad moments that immediately jump to mind were the scene where Rebecca was taken away by the CDC, when Daisy learns of her death, and also the scene of the car crash. Actually I cried the whole time I wrote the last two chapters in particular that I mentioned because I knew what was coming.