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 Fun facts about Jenny's Couch (nosex):

   Book One is about 208,000 words total, which is equivalent to a longish
novel.

   Book Two to date is about 160,000 words; again, a longish novel.

   The very first chapter was written in early summer 2006.  It was
supposed to be a one-off stroke story about a little girl getting fondled.
But as I was casting around for an interesting ending, the character of
Karen presented herself to me more or less fully-formed.  By the time I had
written chapter 4 I knew what the entire first story arc was going to look
like.

   While Book One was a case of the characters determining the action just
by who they were, Book Two has been more a case of me thinking up
interesting situations and then turning them loose to see how they react.

   At various points I've made reference to the following real-world events
and people (for details use the Google machine): Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
the Baby Jesus Butt Plug, Dateline To Catch A Predator, Ted Klaudt, and
George W.  Bush (asshole).

   My personal favorite chapters are 10, 20, and 22 of Book One and 4, 9,
11-13, and 20 (so far) in Book Two.

   The settings are all composites or wholly invented, including the
sectional couch where it all started.  If you think you recognize any
particular place, you're wrong.

   At this point I have no idea how or if I will write more about these
characters after the conclusion of the current story arc (Spring Break). 
The goal of this writing project remains verisimilitude bolstered primarily
by psychological realism, that is, recognizably real characters in extreme
situations.  But at some point the action either becomes repetitious or, in
order to avoid repetition too extreme to allow suspension of disbelief and
I fear I am approaching that point if I haven't already crossed it.

   Over the, dear god, close to six years I've been working on this project
I've received about five hundred pieces of email feedback and surprisingly
few of them have been deranged.  I am grateful to all who have written,
whether they've enjoyed the story or hated it.  Many people have
contributed thoughtful comments and suggestions.  A surprising number have
confided (what they represented as) their own personal histories, some of
which made my hair stand on end and (if true) leave me amazed at what the
human spirit can endure and still emerge whole.

   Rufus Fugit, February 2012
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