Hi all. Kari here. I was trying to think of what to write about today. I am smack dab in the middle of Corpse in the Crystal Ball, and these darn characters won't let go. I get so mad at Sunny. Why does she put up with his bleep! But then Mitch appears, making me realize how vulnerable he is, and that he really does love the crazy woman who's not easy to love, but she doesn't make it easy for him.
When all of a sudden--
"It's his fault," Sunny said. "The man can't read signals to save his life."
"Me?" Mitch sputtered. "You were the one who said you wanted to just be friends. How am I supposed to read your signals?"
"Well, I would think you'd have a clue on how the female persona works...oh wait, you're a man. Never mind."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Mitch sneered.
Major eye-roll here. "Since you're a man, I guess you'll never know."
"You know the world doesn't revolve around you. There are mysteries to solve and cases to close."
"Really? I didn't know you noticed. You're so grumpy being the Grumpmeister, I didn't think you cared."
"Oh, I care, all right. But I'm so busy taking care of you, Tink, that I don't have time to solve the ongoing case."
"And why is that, Detective?"
"I, er, um ... no reason, Miss Meadows. Let's just solve this case before things get really messy."
"God forbid..."
"Okay, you two, enough," I blurted to shut the two of them up.
This is how my life has gone lately. Ever try to finish a novel when the voices in your head won't shut up? I have to wonder. Either this novel will be brilliant or it will totally suck. Depends on what the "voices" have to say. Sometimes they really do take on a character of their own. At times I feel like they are real people. Every feel this way?
Enquiring minds want to know.
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Have your characters taken over lately? Do you want to write in one direction, but they insist on heading in another?
Tell me I'm not crazy that voices are taking over my head....
Kari, relax. Of course the characters are real.
Heck, I'm working with a character, actually one of the villain, now and he just found out someone has infiltrated his family security and taken a picture of his twin brother. He doesn't know who or how it could have happened.
LOL, oh I'm relaxed, Lindsay, the voices are just driving me nuts :-)
I think I know where I'm going, but then they say, um...no!
Grrrr...
Good luck finding out who infiltrated the family security ;)
Kari: You always make me laugh. One of the reasons I love you, kiddo. My dogs used to sit up and pay attention when I talked out loud to my characters, now they just roll over and snore.
If we didn't know them as people, how would we write? I think one of the great challenges is writing each character as him/herself- keeping them unique and totally without spillover. So, there are days that I am thinking I'm losing it- how many people can you be in one day and not qualify for professional help?
I hear you, Cassy. Someone would haul me away for sure if they ever spied on me as I sit alone talking out loud to the fictional people in my head :-)
Gott alove being a writer.
You're right Kari, writers are the only people who can have both sides of a conversation and not get taken away to the rubber rooms. Most of us are already there.
My rubber room is lavender with gorgeous mountainscapes hanging on the wall...well, there's also a big window but it's plexi-glass!
My characters talk all the time, but not to each other which kind of ticks me off. It's like "I talk to dead people" only they are alive. And they ALL want to be heard and have their stories told. And I just HATE when the new kid comes to town and expects to be front and center and won't leave me alone until i at least write a blurb.
Grrrr indeed!
For the most part they are okay with the direction I take them and only protest when I make them do something totally out of character. Then they actually STOP talking - which makes me crazy.
Gee...apparently I'm not as easy to please as I think! LOL.
Oh, but that's right...It's not always about me. Apparently, it's about Sunny. :-)
BTW, I loved the post, kari. I thought we were getting alittle teaser about Corpse in the Crystal Ball. Instead it was the Sunny/Mitch entertainment spotlight! Niiiice!
Hee hee, that's the beauty of a series, Barbie :-) I love Sunny and Mitch.
Hmmm, a teaser might be nice. I guess I should start with Tempest since that one comes out first, though :-)
Loved the dialog, Kari. I sometimes feel like my characters are real too. They do seem to have a mind of their own. It's fun to let go and see where the characters take you.
By accident, I silenced the characters in my head. Demerol. I hadn't meant to snuff them out, and I want them back. The Demerol is gone but so are they. It's lonely without them. Funny, how sometimes you want the "voices" to be quiet so you can sleep. But there's nothing worse than not being able to sleep and no voices to play with. I'm hoping as I finish healing that they will come back, but this is the longest they have been gone and it has me worried. And chocolate isn't working.
I agree, Anita, it's fun to see where our characters take us. Sometimes we end up in the most unexpected places :-)
Awww, Tiffinie, I hope you feel better soon and get those characters to come back.
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