Do all authors have these problems with their characters? I mean, Carolyn really doesn’t seem to, but then, hers are overall a pretty well-behaved lot…
Ever since I began writing, my characters have had this insidious way of infiltrating our lives…not in a good way. First, it was Wesley and the computers. We have the weirdest things go wrong with computers every time I’m working on that series. Then, there was the time the house was hit by lightning…when I was working on Ring of Lightning. Mother at her finest. Zapped … what was it, Carolyn, Fortress in the Eye of Time? Or Dragons? Anyway, it zapped Carolyn’s HDD and Lynn and I were kept out of trouble for days OCR-ing the printout while Carolyn tried to continue on from memory. I’d just zapped Mother’s node in RoL and she was seriously PO’d…so she zapped the house.
This week, it’s been Khyel’s turn. Those of you who’ve read RoL know he’s got this problem…he’s a sort of empath, but only where it concerns his bros. When they hurt, so does he. He doesn’t manifest the wounds, but he sure absorbs the ouchies. Well…I can’t say I’ve been sick. My nose has never been stuffy. I’ve never suffered the nausea…but I’ve sure had every other ache, pain, and lethargy of Carolyn’s Crud. This morning, suddenly, Carolyn’s feeling better, and MAGIC: so am I!
DARN YOU, KHYEL! I’M WORKING AS FAST AS I CAN TO GET TO RING OF CHANGE AND YOUR HAPPY DAZE!!!!! Quit making my life more difficult!
Ahem…back to work…
Characters. Can’t live with ‘em, sure can’t live without ‘em.
Good timing with the blog post! I’ve just finished Ring of Lightening!
Do you know when you’ll find the time to get the next instalments up on CC? I’m looking forward to reading them, you write very compelling characters!
-fox.
Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
I meant to have both Intrigue and Destiny up by now, but the Cherryh Crud kinda nixed that. My head and eyes bothered me so much, I couldn’t concentrate on the screen.
But I’m almost done with the Intrigue run-through and hope to have it ready by early next week. (Fingers crossed.)
Life will be so much easier when I get to the stories CREATED in WP!
Hi Jane! I love the Ring books!! More more more!!!
Seriously. I already have the first 3 in paperback and they are trusted friends; I know I can always re-read them and enjoy them just as much (if not more) as I did the first time.
JanS (aka Le Pest)
I do like a book to be rereadable. A necessary quality when i have to go through them a bazzillion times before they ever go out the door!
