I wanted to put these up with what credits I could, so why not post them here? When I was a stupid new kid on the internets, I formed a very bad habit: if I liked a picture, I saved a copy. Without attribution. And sometimes I’d go back and see a picture and think, […]
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
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
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
Yes, I am supposed to be editing Ben. But Nikolai (aka Kolya) wanted some attention. I still mostly suck at drawing.
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 Sue.
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Lessee. No car still. In a sort-of writing slump–I’m not in the middle of anything, really, but I’m still writing at least a hundred words a day. I’m attempting to do some planning on something/anything when there’s nothing else. I got some things fixed in Taro that I thought were already fixed. Ah well. Melissa