The song that started it all...
There was this idea that played in my head of using a Sicilian girl character whose parent's owned a Pizzeria. The story mulled and mulled, even while I was on my honeymoon...then a certain Mr. Castro song wouldn't get out of my head.
And here is one of the best things about being a writer: If I find someone attractive it's completely okay for me to fawn over him as long as it's for my writing purposes. So thus I wanted my character to fall for someone that looked like Jason Castro. (And just look at those blue eyes, *gush*)
But a regular girl falling for a singer? SO overdone. Then I watched a Jim Breuer special and the one thing I remember him from was on Saturday Night Live when he did a skit as the stoner snowboarders from the Olympics.
A snowboarder + Sicilian girl = SOLD.
I knew I wanted the girl to look a certain way...
I am aware that this is Lisa Loeb and I am aware that she is older than a seventeen year old girl, but I like the whole pageboy cut and glasses look. I think it's cute and I could totally see it on a Sicilian girl. (Yes, in case you are wondering I am Sicilian. Well half my dad's from the south...so it kind of makes sense when you look at my characters.)
I added a mean girl from the beginning and decided that I didn't want the blonde cheerleader, so I made her Asian and play an instrument. Somehow it's working...don't ask questions.
2K in and we'll see how my vomit draft turns out.
Beta readers be ready!
Woo! Yay for new stories!! :)
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