Interview With The Author - Part 1

Hello! Welcome to this special pre-episode interview with me, the author of All About The Armstrongs!
I’d like to give a shout out to CathyTea for suggesting this Q&A!

This interview will be comprised of some of your favourite characters asking me questions about their story and will be written in a kind of script format.

I hope you enjoy this and the special episode that will be up afterwards!
Without further ado, let’s get on with the interview!

First up we have Kate Armstrong, our main character – she who started it all! Hey Kate!

Hello! I’m so happy to be back! 

We’re so happy to have you back! What questions would you like to ask me?

Well first of all, I’d like to know why you decided to write my story 
Great question! I have always enjoyed The Sims and came across a story a while back called The Life and Times of Kaley Green by Celiria and I enjoyed it so much, so I decided to do something similar with you.
As for your story specifically, I think I wanted to write the story of an average person trying to make their way in the world, working hard to achieve her dreams.

Great! I’m glad I was what you wanted. So, is there anything you decided early on about me that you kept in mind while writing my story? 
Yes. I decided you were independent. I knew that if a spark didn’t arise with a guy naturally in the story, I’d keep you single until it did. I didn’t think that romance was a huge necessity in your story – you’d make your own way in the world. But I also decided you’d be a mother. Somehow. Because you had a maternal vibe about you from the start. So, I wanted to incorporate children and carry on your story however I could.
I also decided early on that you wouldn’t work forever. I wanted to have you writing books a lot and also have you around to write about everything you do, not just see you off to work every day.

But you did end up giving me a boyfriend early on, the love of my life Salim Benali. Why him? 

It felt natural. When you went out that first time with Summer and Liberty you were approached by a number of guys. I had no control over any of that. It just happened and you seemed to respond to them in a way that meant I included it in your story. But no guy had a natural connection with you until Salim. He showed up at your door, at the club, he seemed to always be there. It just happened so natural that it seemed meant to be, and I guess it was, because you guys lived your whole lives happily in love.

We certainly did! What was your favourite part of my story to write? 
There are so many. Your wedding was amazing to write, because of again how naturally well suited you and Salim became. Also your pregnancies. But I’d say that my favourite part of your story is the little traditions you kept up and created throughout the story. Pancake breakfasts, snowball/water fights, building snowmen… I loved adding those little details that just added extra personality to you and your story.

Oh, I love that! Thank you! My final question is this: if you could have added anything else to my story, what would it have been? 
Oh so much! I wish you could’ve lived forever, met your grandchildren and seen your children get married. But I’m also glad that I had the opportunity to write a really nice funeral episode for you, because you became very important to me.
If I could go back and add something else, I think maybe I’d have explored your past, your parents or your childhood a little more. But at the same time, not doing that meant we learned about you all at the same time, and I loved that.

Thank you. And thank you for writing my story. That’s all of my questions. I believe my lovely children have their own questions for you so I will leave you here. 

Thank you for everything, Kate! I’ve loved talking to you.

Well, that’s all that Kate had to ask me! In the next part of this interview we will see what Leia would like to ask me. Tune in soon to see that!