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Hi Rose!

Aww thanks! Indeed, I do, LOL. I’m glad you like Penelope Ashlynn 😀 I was considering changing Penny’s first name to Ashlynn, but I don’t want to write siblings whose names start with the same letter, so she’s stuck with Penelope, LOL.

Oh wow I love Liorah’s title 😀 Though you are right; it is quite the mouthful XD But it sounds so regal! I guess I can understand why Liorah hates it though, LOL.

Haha, thanks! I’m honestly not great at writing out snarky characters so this is a first for me 😉 I hope she turns out alright, though. Oh man, I can tell I’m gonna love Liorah already XD I bet if she and Penny ever met up they’d be best friends in an instant LOL.

Aww, I love writing sibling relationships too! Liorah and Gavril sound so much like Penny and Alex (at least relationship wise)! I love your characters already LOL. While I enjoy writing sibling relationships, I really enjoy writing parent-child relationships. In my other WIP, two of the characters start growing a parent-child relationship, and it’s so much fun to write, in my opinion! I also like writing love-interest relationships (spoiler alert, there’s a lot of that in the Elemental series XD), but I think parent-sibling is my favorite. What’s your favorite?

So I’m sure that there is a more technical way to develop characters, but the way I did it was this: I plotted the overarching idea of the story first, and then I put myself in Penny’s shoes and asked myself questions, kind of along the lines of “How would I feel if I were in this situation?” Penny goes through a LOT in the first Elemental book (lies, discovering who she and Alex really are, sudden and unexpected responsibility that means life or death, etc.), so her character is going to change a lot. Again, I don’t think my way is the greatest way LOL. One of my friends that also enjoys writing recommended a book called “Creating Character Arcs” by K.M. Weiland that has really helped her with writing her own characters’ personalities and whatnot. I’m sure that the book has a better process than my amateur way XD But that’s what I did for Penny, at least.

Oooo I loved that summary!!! That sounds like such a cool story! I thought the summary was fantastic! No criticism from me 🙂 And Liorah’s name is still awesome 😀 Imperfect characters are the best to write, LOL. I would totally by this book whenever it becomes published 😉

~ Ally Renee