Essay Potna You Cant Do It Like Me

She was with someone she trusted when it happened, and the only memories she has are pieced together from her own blurred recollections and the things people have told her.Not everyone’s experience with sexual assault is the same.

She was with someone she trusted when it happened, and the only memories she has are pieced together from her own blurred recollections and the things people have told her.Not everyone’s experience with sexual assault is the same.

When it’s finished, I hope you will feel as passionately about it as I do.

All my best, Cora Carmack *Statistic from RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) Stella’s experience is only one story of many.

First things first: ALL PLAYED OUT releases in less than two weeks! He’s the kind of guy I would totally date in real life. I love and adore my international readers, but it’s not up to me.

but I think Mateo Torres might be my favorite hero I’ve ever written. And if he just so happens to also be a sexy athlete with a wee bit of a dominant edge? And if that isn’t exciting enough, readers who pre-order APO are eligible to get FREE STUFF! *Unfortunately, this pre-order incentive is US only.

SECOND WARNING: this letter talks about fictional characters as if they are real people. THIRD WARNING: The letter below broaches a serious topic that could be a TRIGGER for some people* Hello beloved readers! And still, when All Lined Up released, amidst the chatter about sweet Carson and sassy Dallas, I had people asking if Stella and Ryan were next. But sometimes in writing, the stars align and a character will become bigger and more real than you could have possibly imagined.

The first person who read one of my Rusk University books was my older sister. It’s a wonderful experience, but in Stella’s case it was also incredibly heartbreaking.I gave her All Lined Up when I finished, and her first question was “Are Ryan and Stella going to be together? I had plans for both of them that included their own storylines. While I was writing All Broke Down, the news was inundated with information about the Steubenville rape trial and other tragedies and injustices like it.Tragedies where women have been violated first by an attacker, then by judgmental and hateful people, and finally by a justice system that repeatedly fails survivors of sexual assault.And it sounds crazy, but in my mind, I felt Stella push her way forward and say, “Mine. Because she was in the wrong place, wearing the wrong clothes, behaving in the wrong way. And maybe it drives her crazy when her friends treat her like she’s on the verge of breaking because of it. ALL CLOSED OFF will be releasing sometime in early 2016. The first and most important, is that I want to do this story justice.But just because it COULD happen to her, didn’t mean I wanted it to. Maybe it feels even worse when they do what she asks and pretend that it never happened at all. And as such, I have no intentions of rushing the process.If you have a story like Stella’s, and you want your voice to be heard….If there’s something you wish more people understood about what you’ve gone through….*WARNING: This letter contains spoilers for All Broke Down.If you haven’t yet read that book, read at your own peril. So I actually rewrote some of their scenes trying to make that aspect of their connection more obvious.Each person reacts, copes, and overcomes differently.And while this book is about one specific character’s journey, I would like to tell as many sides of this story as possible.