How many marissas are in the world

Your action scenes are so cinematic. Can you break down how you write one? Do you visualize all the action first in your mind? Action scenes are very hard. There are always multiple people with different weapons and powers. But then I also need to know what the resolution of the scene is going to be: Who wins? Who gets injured? And usually by the end of creating that loose outline, I will then be able to visualize it in my own head.

Do you feel like you have a solid sense now of how many months it takes you to write a book? Is it pretty standard at this point? Yes and no.

But like, Fairest I wrote in a couple of weeks. It was really easy and fast. Whereas Winter took me like two years — so it really kind of depends. Do you have a serial killer wall with Post-its and strings? As far as other world-building stuff, I write in Scrivener, a writing software, and you can create additional pages on Scrivener just for notes and things. How did those characters come about? So when I had this idea of Adrian being adopted and having two dads, for whatever reason it just clicked for me.

And when we were going through the program, easily half of all of the couples that we were in these classes with were same-sex couples. I remember at one point having this thought like, how lucky we are to live at a time in a society when so many more people are able to give loving, protective, stable homes to these children, when not that long ago these couples would not have been able to do that, and the children would have been stuck in foster care.

That just meant something to me at the time, and I think played a part in choosing this story for Adrian. Is Renegades the start of a series? This book has had a complicated path.

For me, the heart of the story was always going to be Adrian and Nova and their relationship. Back to listing. Feature 08 JUN Since joining Diageo, Marissa has worked in various marketing roles and gained experience across different markets. What has your Diageo experience been like since joining to your current role now? I get the opportunity to talk with colleagues from over 55 countries giving me a great insight into different cultures. World Class is the largest bartending competition in the world with over 55 countries competing each year.

What has it been like behind the scenes to get this organised and why was it important for Diageo to do this? The five-day spectacular will be packed full of immersive opportunities for people to both watch the competition and engage with some amazing virtual and interactive experiences.

About the Baby Name Uniqueness Analyzer The Baby Name Uniqueness Analyzer can determine how likely a person with a given name is to encounter another individual with the same name. With the latest trend of selecting unique and unusual names, popular names are not as popular as they once were.

The probability that parents in name their child Liam or Olivia , the top boys' and girls' names, is only 1. Twenty-five years ago the top boys' and girls' names were Michael or Jessica. Back then, a baby had a 1. In other words, a child born twenty-five years ago is over twice as likely to be given the current year's top name than a child born today.

While this trend away from the most popular names may be associated with the current generation of parents, it's been occurring for far longer. Only 4. In comparison, twenty-five years ago 7. A person born into our parents' generation is nearly three times as likely to be given a top ten name than a person born into our kids' generation.

As someone who had two other 'Sara's spelled differently in her kindergarten class, I am fascinated that the probability of a kindergarten class of 35 in having any two children with the same name is only The probability of a kindergarten class having three children with the same name?