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Fantasy pirates? You have officially attained my attention.

I know right?? The aesthetic of this book is the only thing I’m absolutely happy with XD

A woman who likes things in equilibrium–whether it be composure (guesswork for that one), landscape, a plan, or music. She has a cynical view about trust, and has no compunction to use people for her own devices.

Spot on! She’s interesting, even though I don’t know much about her yet!

So one question, Rose, how often do you use mental comparisons or similes to reflect a character’s past/background? For instance, this character compared ships to a forest, and talked of throwing someone to the wolves. Did that at reflect her background of living in a wooded area, or was that just a random thought?

Well, in my real work when I actually know the characters, I use it constantly! It’s one of my favorite poetic devices to convey atmosphere and backstory. Depending on the character and their voice, I can even go slightly overboard with it XD

However, in this case I know nothing about the character, so it was random for once.

To begin with, this fellow is definitely anxious, that pops off the page nicely. He seems to have little confidence and is obviously undercover in some way. It appears he is used to being at ports, but is now having to act the minstrel or something akin to it in a noble’s abode. I do like those last lines about lying. They show/hint at his lifestyle very well.

You’re very close! The only thing I could have conveyed better is that he’s a noble himself. In fact, he out-ranks the other character, even though she’s in charge. Otherwise, everything is correct! I don’t know too much about him yet, but he’s probably one of my favorite characters so far!

So is this a series or stand alone you’re working on as well?

Gilded Blood has thoroughly cured me of series for the time being XD It’s standalone, I hope to write it after I finish revising Gilded Blood, so it might be a while yet. For now, I’m trying to work out the plot and the characters. (And depending on how it goes, the mystery might demand I write it first XD)

Neither of these characters were the MC, or even POV characters. The blonde girl sewing in the background is the MC, but I couldn’t think of a good way to juxtapose her voice with the others. I might think of something eventually.

I’ll try to get in a couple more characters in the next day or so.  One of them is brand new and needs work, so we’ll see how that goes…

Ohhh, I can’t wait to see them! That’ll be awesome!