A Drift of Quills are talking about supporting characters in our new books—what inspired them, what they’re like, and how they impact the stories… [www.robinlythgoe.com/blog]

A Drift of Quills: Supporting Characters

Who’s one of your favorite supporting characters in a novel? This month A Drift of Quills are talking about the supporting characters in our new books—what (or who) inspired them, what they’re like, what their favorite color is… Just kidding about the color! Or not. Guess you’ll have to read on to find out!

September Inspiration (Sailing the High Seas)

My “September Inspiration” revolves entirely around Crow, the main character from my book “As the Crow Flies.” I’ve had so many emails asking for more! So here we are. Crowing. Book 2, “Crow’s Nest” features demons, magic, an island…

How things at the writing desk go sometimes—Check out my PreWriting Journal entry: "Brain dump" followed by talking to myself. I'm only a little bit crazy… [www.robinlythgoe.com]

Today at the Writing Desk

Things didn’t start altogether well today, but I thought I’d give you a glimpse at how the writing goes sometimes. I took the following from my PreWriting Journal. I generally do a brain dump, then steer towards the story-in-progress. It is frequently more help than I want to admit, which is kind of silly and self-defeating, eh? I mean, “Do the thing that makes the word car zoom, Robin.”