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Absolutely leave Cal in! I’m just getting to know her. <3 It seems to make sense with her character arc, though it might be sort of stereotypical to have the church reject her. Maybe not, though. Maybe I’m just really blessed with the kind of church I go to, and it actually happens all the time. I certainly have heard that it’s a real problem in the church. 🙂 Being in the castle should hopefully provide you with a group of Christians that can help you with her development before you launch off into the book on your own. Keep praying, and be careful are my only two advices on writing her. (I don’t think “advices” is a word, lol).

I personally would shy away from reading a book with a queer character, even if it was from a Christian perspective. Not because I hate people who struggle in this area, or because I think it’s not an area that needs addressing. It absolutely needs addressing, and people who struggle with this absolutely need loving, just like any other sinner in this world. It’s just that for myself personally, I have no need for a character like that (not struggling myself, nor do I really know anyone who’s struggling in this way). If I were, I think I would tend to get my advice from non-fiction, rather than from fiction, because I use fiction as a way to escape from my own problems, and the problems of the world.

NOW, all that being said, I  think I’m beginning to realize something: the more I read contemporary fiction, the more I find that I don’t like characters with struggles. (Like, hey! I’m a writer, so HOW CAN I NOT LIKE CHARACTERS WITH STRUGGLES?! EVERY PIECE OF WRITING ADVICE EVER TELLS YOU TO HAVE CHARACTERS WITH STRUGGLES!) I’m a story-first person (fun fact: only 25% of women are. The other 75% are character driven), and tend to look on modern characters and their struggles as getting in the way of the plot. So maybe that’s it. (seriously, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I reading along in some book and this character is going through something, and I’m just like, “Yeah, get over it. I want to get on to the rest of the book”…I feel a little sadistic).

…so. You didn’t ask for any of this advice, and I kind of dumped it on you.  I hope this helps you and is enlightening, not obscuring. I wish you and all the others in this castle the best with your characters! You guys all rock and if the Lord is calling you to write characters with LGTB struggles, you go! Watch for his guidance and write for him! (As we all should in our writing, I’m guilty of watching for my own guidance and writing for me… 🙁 )