So, as I said last time, part of my revision to MAGIC’S FOOL has been to bring another character on stage earlier. In writing the couple of scenes or expansions of scenes that really show her character, I’ve remembered how much I really love this character. There’s a reason I wrote a whole novelette (“Becoming Lioness”) from her point of view. I might actually start to worry that this character is going to try to take over the series in later sequels.
I remembered so well that I went ahead and submitted that novelette to another market. I’d been holding back on it while I worked out how the middle grade series was going to go.
I actually have considered the possibility that, as this series advances, it may move from middle grade to young adult. In that case, Kiara’s somewhat backwards (Kiara goes at most everything in an unconventional way.) little love story would work very well as a foil for the larger story. Of course, that’s assuming Kiara doesn’t just take over that book and make it her own. She’s been known to be stubborn and venturesome.
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Sounds like a good story. All the best.
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Thanks.
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Hey, just thought I’d let you know that I’m passing a 7×7 award on to you, because I like to share 🙂
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Don’t you just love it when your own characters start to boss you around? Just be glad you don’t have to deal with tentacles. I have some fears that in my novel, Sephias, who one could say is the “main character” will wind up getting overshadowed by some of the other characters. However I find myself, in typical me fashion, not really caring.
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I do. Kiara is a really fun character. She wouldn’t be the first to take over a story not intended for her. But there’s not a real danger of that until later in the series. And, for this series, that might even be a good thing.
And welcome back to the blogsphere.
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