tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post7731780753214457949..comments2024-03-10T23:05:59.413-04:00Comments on Romancing The Past: CHARACTERS ARE SUCH--CHARACTERS!Wendy Solimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-26117696901228933602011-09-28T23:13:45.253-04:002011-09-28T23:13:45.253-04:00Wendy--I love using children too and animals alway...Wendy--I love using children too and animals always! I've been lucky in the books I've done in that I could use Spirit Animals in my Native Americans and in my Oregon Trail book, I had a dog and a pet wolf and ended up with pups!<br /><br />So true Susanna. None of us live in isolated lives and neither do our characters. Might be fun one day to (for fun) write a list of the "secondary" characters in our lives and how we and them fit.<br /><br />Alyssa--I'm with you on that! I've also used two characters, one from the hero's life, and one from the heroine's life and had them snarky with each other which reminds me of how Eve Dallas from JD Robb's death books has a feud going on with Roarke's butler. Not a lot from the butler but he sure adds a lot to the books.Susan Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16626131979925250029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-19592772470911211672011-09-28T11:58:14.757-04:002011-09-28T11:58:14.757-04:00Sometimes secondary characters can make or break a...Sometimes secondary characters can make or break a book. Rhett and Scarlett may be the hero and heroine of Gone With the Wind, but I cried over Melanie's fate. Typically the most memorable secondary characters are the funny ones, though. I love a hero with a good snarky sidekick.Alyssa Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02074748920540723377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-8432251866216964742011-09-28T01:13:33.584-04:002011-09-28T01:13:33.584-04:00I like to read and write books where the character...I like to read and write books where the characters seem to come from living communities, so secondary characters are critical to a strong story, IMHO.Susanna Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149293228696867804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-46940140093187787152011-09-27T16:13:16.126-04:002011-09-27T16:13:16.126-04:00I put children in my books sometimes, never babies...I put children in my books sometimes, never babies, but have to confess that animals always feature. Yes, I'm an animal person!Wendy Solimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.com