Nutty Chitter from a Caffeinated Critter
I’m still on my LaTonya kick this week. Only now, I have inspiration! LaTonya’s been the toughest character for me to figure out. I thought I knew her, but it turns out I had it wrong. Okay, I didn’t have it totally wrong. Everything in my old post is still applicable. But I kept pushing…
I’m in a better mental state this week. The kids are doing better, my husband is no longer on antibiotics, and my projects at work are back on track. The parental stress is still running high, but medically, I’m fine. I’ve also gotten more words in. Yay! Granted, I’m still 16K behind, but I made…
I’ve been sketching. Okay, so MaTisha’s eyes are crooked, and Cameron’s face is larger scale than the other two. But I’m actually pretty happy with it. My husband guessed which character was which, without me telling him who I drew. Granted, he has heard me talk about my main characters often enough to know them,…
I’ve been thinking a lot about character motivation lately. My turn is coming up soon for my local critique group, so I’ve been looking at the early chapters of Isto, Thanmir War‘s sequel. My buddy, Jim, pointed me to the John D. Brown archives on the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America website. Part…
A few weeks back, C.D. Gallant-King tagged me in a challenge to come up with my top ten favorite screen characters. Now, if you know me in person, you know I don’t get much screen time because of work, children, and house-cleaning. But I brainstormed with my husband and managed to come up with a…
Knock, knock Who’s there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting c– Moo! *Snicker* Ever have one of those times where you try to be funny and those around you just either stare with an awkward silence or give a pity smile? Oh good, I’m not alone. Sometimes, I crack myself up. That’s more than I can say about…
I’ve noticed something odd with my current work-in-progress. Isto, book 2 of the Ninier series, is sitting at 123K at the moment. Only 16K of that belongs to my hero. It’s the lowest word count of all my POV characters (so far). I’ve sat and pondered why this might be the case. Had I fallen…