Chapter 37

Now that Preacher’s Daughter is wrapped up, I figured I should reveal some of my secrets. Aka, literally just fun facts haha. This is just a little fun spill at the end for entertainment. Not very crazy. You don’t have to read. I’ll probably add more later.

1. I was originally going to make this a story of Ellie and Eve’s love being torn apart by Eve’s father.
◦ I planned to have Eve in an arranged marriage where she and Ellie could never be together. Honestly, still a good idea, I just knew I couldn’t take that to my poor heart LOL. But maybe I’ll write an alternative ending???
◦ That is why Chapter 10, Ragdoll, was so dramatic because I wanted to emphasize the fact she was going to get married off. Clearly, it never happened. Oh well.

2. For all my tlou fans, Ellie was indeed inspired by Ellie Williams.
◦ When I began to write this story I put the name Ellie in as a filler name, like Ellie Williams. I soon found I simply could not part ways with the name, and it stuck.

3 I was going to kill off Dave.
◦ For a while there, I was set on killing Dave at the part where he becomes paralyzed. It was actually a joke between my friends and I about ‘Preacher Dave’ dying. It didn’t happen because I figured it wouldn’t fit the plot and Eve’s family dynamic.

4. Eve and Ellie 🤨
◦ When I first sent Chapter 12, All Tied Up to my ex (I used to send chapters via email to her before I uploaded here) she thought that it was called All Tied Up because they were gonna do the nasty 😭

4 Chapter 13, Cherry Cheeks, is named after my best friend. And it is one of my favorite chapters 😊
◦ Cherry Cheeks is named after my best friend for a nickname her brother calls her for having rosacea. I thought it was fitting LOL

5. I regret making some names so similar
◦ Specifically, I regret making Eve and Ellie’s names so similar.
◦ Additionally, I would get confused on Eve and Ivy’s names as well (and honestly I think some mistakes regarding mishaps with names still remain in the story. If you caught any, I beg of you to comment so that I can fix them)

6. This is mentioned in my ‘last words’, but the interactions I mention with Eve’s parents accepting her are based on personal experiences
◦ When I came out to my mother, I didn’t come out. She literally came to me and basically told me she knew that I was gay…
◦ She heavily assumed this because she finally noticed after many, many years that I never mentioned a boy as a teen 💀
◦ My dad heard of my sexuality from my mom and we were talking a few days later. He told me that my sexuality didn’t change how he viewed me at all and that I would always be his little girl, as I put in – I think – two parts with Eve and Dave

7. I did not plan to finish this story.
◦ After my girlfriend and I broke up, I didn’t really plan to finish this story. Seeing as she was the only one who read it, I saw no use, and I was burnt out. I’m so glad I decided to post on this platform and people were actually somewhat interested. Crazy.

8. I had to read the Bible again.
◦ Although I was raised a Christian, as I wrote this story I literally had to open up my Bible a few times, and I even downloaded a Bible app LMAO

9. Kaylee was based off of my little sister
◦ I wrote Kaylee with my younger sister as inspiration. It got to some points in the story where I would literally be annoyed with Kaylee as if she was my little sister haha.

10. Kaylee and Eve are Irish twins.
◦ I really didn’t emphasize it much but Kaylee and Eve are Irish twins. I did it to kind of explain their family dynamic and the dynamic of how/where they live. Children so close in age are typical and I felt it explained Dave and Beth’s relationship.

11. Random, but I kept forgetting Eve’s mothers name.
◦ Despite the fact that I wrote the characters, I kept mixing up and forgetting Beth’s name. I wrote her name as Ruth instead multiple times. Honestly, that mistake may still be hidden in a chapter.

    12. Ellie was supposed to play guitar
    ◦    Ellie was supposed to be able to play guitar and then I…completely forgot to add that detail.
    ◦    She could’ve been so cool! Even more so than she already is

You’ve made it to the end! However, if you are not satisfied or you feel as if there could have been something added on then you can go onto my page and find my series Preacher’s Daughter: An Insight Into Relief. You can make requests for chapters and such and I will try to write them best I can ❤️