Before someone asks, NO, none of the people I've dated past, or present have been used as basis for my fictional characters - note the word fictional.

Micah, Richard, and Jade all beg to differ. Well, maybe not Richard as a basis as I'm not sure on any timeline there, but considering the way his fictional life went all to hell about the time the "dear reader, my ex is an ass" letters appeared in the books... I'm just saying he suffers fictionally for the sins of the non fictional. Ditto a whole host of other characters who may or may not be based on real people.