There's all this stuff in my head...: Writing Down the Bones: Interview Questions for Your Characters

Okay so it looks like I fell off the planet. Promise - I'm still here. The last four years have been ... hard. There's no other word for it. Everything is fine. I'm fine, but I've been the caregiver of my mom who has Dementia. Between her needs, work, etc I seem to have lost control of my time. I am still writing and am trying hard to get back to my blog.

In case you weren't aware Phaze and HSWF which where under the Mundania Umbrella have closed. I was smart enough to get my titles back before all this happened. I'm happy to say the three books I sold to HSWF have been picked up by Melange Books and are available through their Satin Books imprint. I have even sold a new title to them called Magical Quest due out in 2022

I have also been lucky enough to find a publisher for my Vespian Way series. I'm now with Blushing Books under the name of Bethany Drake. I have five titles out with them right now and am close to submitting two more. There's Desire's Destiny, Desire's Duty and Desire's Promise. Then there is two in my werewolf series, Tears of the Queen and Legend of the Tears. I have just finished the rough draft of the third book in the series and have plans for a fourth one the moment I submit it.

I'll probably still be sporadic here on the blog. Unless I win the lottery and can hire someone to help me I can't avoid it, but know I'm still here still working hard in the background and am hoping to do better at keeping my blog alive.

Barb:)

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Writing Down the Bones: Interview Questions for Your Characters - Perceptions

Another Tuesday and another segment of the interview questions. These are based off of perceptions. There is one more to go after this one. Hope you enjoy.

1.) When your character first walks into a room, what do they notice? The people, the feel, the decorating, things that need to be fixed, the tension, themselves?

2.) What is your characters dominant way of perceiving the world? Through one of the senses - for example, are your characters very visual? Do they see the world as a set of problems to be solved? Something to be conquered? Uncharted territory?

3.) How do your characters learn best? Through observation? Participation? Trial and error? Cogitation? Writing?

4.) How do you decide if your characters can trust someone? Experience with others? With this person? First impression? Testing the person? Or are they just generally disposed to trust or not to trust?