Meme - Day 19 through 22

Another few days where I didn't get a chance to blog, so I'll make it all up here.


19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!

Hmm. I once wrote a YA novel called 'Tis The Season where the focus was supposed to be on the 18-year-old main character and her relationship with her twin sister, which instead turned into a bit of a suspense story because of the introduction of a bad guy to interact with said main character.

I actually really ended up liking the bad guy character, and I think that piece of writing was my first indication of being able to write crime and suspense characters well. He sort of took over a bit of the story, but in a good way.

I think Jamie Rayburn also did that in Brookline, for which I was grateful. I really like his background and who he is and think he's an interesting character, so I'm glad he decided to push his way forward. I always struggled writing male characters, so I was glad to find one that was relatively easy for me to write.


20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?

I really like writing relationships between twins. I have been drawn to twins and multiple births for years, and the relationship aspect really fascinates me. I use twins in just about everything I write.

The other thing I love is writing romance, especially with a character who is very reluctant to commit for whatever reason. I think it's challenging and a lot of fun to keep the character in character while showing them slowly opening up and learning how to trust other people.

21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?

That is something I've really avoided. I think because I am not at that stage in my own life, it's hard to give my characters children. I'd like to remedy that in the future and learn how to craft good parent/child relationships.

I recently wrote something in which a character I had written for years was older (than when I wrote her) and had a daughter. It was really interesting coming up with that kind of relationship, so I think I would definitely drift towards characters with older children rather than younger kids. I don't think I can write younger kids accurately at this point.

22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.

I had a scene between Ryan and Joy in a story that takes place after the Brookline University series. It was one of my first attempts at a sex scene, and was just awful. I use it to remind myself I've gotten better at writing sexual situations lol. I wrote it more to try and break out of the trouble I had writing sex scenes, and as bad as it turned out, I found it a useful exercise. The original will never find its way into my novel lol.