Category: Character Development
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Patron Saints of the Crimson League
I’m Catholic, and as a Catholic, I believe that death doesn’t separate us from our older brother and sisters in the faith. Basically, I believe in the Communion of Saints–that we can ask the faithful who have gone before us to pray for us, just like we ask friends and family to pray for us.…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for my characters who inspire me the most
I love my characters so much. They’re honestly like old friends, and they deeply inspire me. Well, some of them, haha. For sure. I love Lanokas, 1000%. His arc of growth throughout all three novels is incredible. I adore it. The way he matures, learns to step up, and does what needs to be done…
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Reflections on resilience through different phases of life
If there is one constant in life, it is that nothing is constant. We are constantly progressing through one phase of things to another. Sometimes the transition is gradual. Sometimes it happens suddenly. Sometimes we choose it, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes entering a new phase is unavoidable; other times, it’s a deliberate progression on our…
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Character Spotlight: Kora’s Daughter, Kansten
Kora’s Kansten is such a fun character. She really comes into her own in book three, but she makes her first real appearance in book two. In many ways, Kansten is like her namesake from the Crimson League. She’s similarly sarcastic and direct, and can be brash. But she’s also her different. The first Kansten…
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Humble, unassuming characters are the BEST!
Some of my favorite characters are the humble, unassuming ones–who do what’s needed, without caring about whether it’s recognized, because it’s needed and it’s the right thing to do. They tend to be sidekicks or minor characters. Helpers. Supporters. They don’t mind sharing, or even giving up, the spotlight after it falls on them here…
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The Crimson League in “The Magic Council”: from War Buddies to Family
One of my favorite things in The Magic Council: The Fight for Home is seeing the relationships of the members of the Crimson League (from book one of the Herezoth trilogy) mature and transform. They are all in different circumstances and different stages of life fifteen years after Zalski Forzythe than when we last saw…
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My Only Villain Without Magic
The Magic Council: The Fight for Home has my only villain who doesn’t have magic. I’m talking about Carson Amison, the Duke of Yangerton. He’s a bit older than the king, and he does not want Vane coming to the royal court. So, how much of a threat could he actually be to Vane and…
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Character Spotlight: Francie the Fearless
Francie Rafe is a really fun character–and pretty complex, I think. She had a rough childhood and carries a lot of guilt, not all of it necessarily her own. Francie grew up in the northern village of Fontferry and was Vane‘s best friend in childhood, before his Aunt Teena took him to Herezoth’s capital city…
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The difference a good woman makes (August vs Malzin)
I wrote yesterday about my villain Zalksi Forzythe and one of my favorite heroes, his nephew Vane Unsten. I went a bit into the ways they are similar. One of my favorite things about them is that they are incredible figures in and of themselves, for good or ill. They are principled. They have goals,…
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Is Vane a lot like Zalski?
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about Vane and Zalski. Vane is the protagonist of The Magic Council, and I just adore him. He’s not perfect, but he’s a hero at the end of the day–because he’s selfless. He strives to live up to the example of worthy role models, has a deep sense of…
Creative Writing with the Crimson League 