Category Archives: Characters

Random rambling about characters

Whenever I read another author’s explanation of how they create their characters, I think, Wow, that looks so professional, I would love to have a neatly organised character sheet too! And then in a fit of busyness I start making one just like it, only to get to the “Character Traits” section and stall. I can’tContinueContinue reading “Random rambling about characters”

Excerpts from Seascape #8: “Why should men die?”

As part of my learning curve using KDP to publish Seascape, I ran into a snag which resulted in it publishing Seascape to the Kindle store just too late to run the free days starting today! It’s available on Kindle now, but won’t be free till tomorrow. In the meantime, we could turn this into a historical re-enactment.ContinueContinue reading “Excerpts from Seascape #8: “Why should men die?””

Character designs from Seascape

Another author recommended DollDivine.com on her blog as a way to visualise characters. I was intrigued and checked out the site, and found it excellent. Quite a bit of spare time over the next couple days was spent in designing some of the main characters and a couple minor ones from Seascape. If you like toContinueContinue reading “Character designs from Seascape”

“Deleted scene” from Starscape (spoilers)

Who doesn’t love a good deleted scene? I know I do – I was more than delighted to discover that my new copy of Jane Austen’s Persuasion included her original ending for the book! The scene below never made it into the final draft of Starscape, but I’d love to share it with you anyways since it still fitsContinueContinue reading ““Deleted scene” from Starscape (spoilers)”