Progressing!

I haven’t looked into the cultures yet, not extensively. But I did research some more this morning, and now (1728–that’s 5:28 p.m. to those not using military time) I’m working on my characters. Got the mind-map and questionnaire done for Devendra. Working on Shukri now.

My fingers will type his name correctly, but keep trying to [...]

Don’t Kick Yet

I did stuff. Mostly just poking at my characters. My brain doesn’t want to function tonight (not enough sleep) so…yeah.

I am so looking forward to this book. These characters are amazing. At some point, though, I’m going to have to start working on plot.

But hey. If I have vibrant characters who want different things already [...]

Adding Some Color

Not so long ago, nearly all my major characters were white. Not that I’d planned it that way–it was the result of a singular lack of planning. I plead clueless–I was building a whole universe, and race is not something I was used to thinking about. Because it’s part of their stories, Taro is of [...]

New Character

Yes, I am supposed to be editing Ben.

But Nikolai (aka Kolya) wanted some attention.

I still mostly suck at drawing.

The (over-emphasized) Dangers of Mary Sue

In fandom, and increasingly out of it, a character too perfect to be believed, whom all the good guys love and all the bad guys fear, usually with a tragic past, is called a Mary [...]