Kiss Chase

The idea behind the novel has been in my head for years but I never actually put it down on paper. I started writing a novel in 2011 when I was on holiday in Greece but gave up, I tried again that August, as my plan for the summer of 2011 was to write a book. It ended up happening in the summer of 2012.

I started it on July 17th 2012, in a notebook and I wrote it up as I went along and uploaded it onto my notes section on Facebook and onto a group I had created for 'fans' of the book. I finished the book in September 2012 and it was published in October 2012. It is available on Amazon UK and US and also many other online book stores.
The book is primarily about a teenage girl called Joanna who is still greiving for the sudden death of her mother and trying to cope with her father's psychological abuse. Her older brother, Frankie, is mischevious and into drugs and alcohol, as when their mother died he spiralled into deviant behaviour. Joanna is trying to navigate the choppy waters of love and sexuality and the book is about her 'kiss chase' and search for the right person.
The standard blurb
Seventeen-year-old Joanna is still dealing with the aftermath of her mother's sudden death, and trying to cope with her grief stricken father when she becomes entangled in a web of love,friendship and heartbreak on the painful yet joyful journey to discover who she is and what she wants. I am unsure whether I will write a sequel to Kiss Chase. There are a lot of loose ends in the finale of the novel so a sequel is an idea.
The Characters
They are not based particularly on real life people, they are as follows:
Joanna-the main character
Joanna is a shy and reserved person. She loves escapism and her hobbies illustrate that; reading, writing and listening to music are her ways of escaping and dealing with her life. She is confused about her sexuality and is also still devistated about her mother's sudden death as she was extremely close to her mother.
Frankie-her brother
Frankie is a deviant and criminal young adult. He often steals, drinks, does drugs and steals, but these are all his ways of coping with his life and his mother's death. He doesn't get on well with his father and has low self esteem but makes up for it by gaining status elsewhere, especially in criminal activity. He fancies Grace from the minute he sets his eyes on her and his sexual instict overwhelms his sibling loyatly to Joanna.
Frank-her father
Frank was not always such a horrid person but since his wife's death he has turned bitter. He psychologically and emotionally abuses his children, in particular Joanna, and copes with his grief by sleeping with many different women, smoking and drinking.
Izzy-her best friend (and more)
Izzy is scared that she might be gay. Her parents are strict Catholics and would never put up with nonsense 'lesbian activity'. She knows she loves Joanna but also knows it cannot work. She is a beautiful yet mysterious character.
Grace-the girl she meets at college (Grace is based lightly on the character of 'Sugar' a.k.a Maria Sweet from Julie Burchill's Sugar Rush).
Grace is everything Joanna wishes she was. Confident, outgoing, enthusiastic and wild. She doesn't care much for rules and responsibilities and would rather live life to the full by drinking, smoking and being promiscuous. She is bisexual but manages to ruin the label of bisexual people by being polygamous. 

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