tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post8500282755447184550..comments2024-03-28T15:17:03.077-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: Another VoiceBarbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-71597869698963225832018-10-05T17:25:21.079-04:002018-10-05T17:25:21.079-04:00Frankie, I always think I know my characters befor...Frankie, I always think I know my characters before I start, but I sometimes misjudge them. Just like I do when I meet real people. p.s. feel better soon.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-85748058426795115712018-10-05T16:01:24.042-04:002018-10-05T16:01:24.042-04:00So interesting about Ashley. Funny how some charac...So interesting about Ashley. Funny how some characters just show up unannounced.Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-81730204151495509832018-10-05T14:50:15.143-04:002018-10-05T14:50:15.143-04:00Thanks, Sybil. I'm hoping I can get some rest ...Thanks, Sybil. I'm hoping I can get some rest over the weekend -- after my workshop. <br /><br />And thank you for your comments about characters. Great point about supporting characters. In my first book, Death's Favorite Child, one of the characters -- a red-haired teenager from the South -- was just suddenly there. Standing outside a shop in Cornwall, England, eating ice cream and Frankie Y. Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639137430004692530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-63546351360629221852018-10-05T12:49:33.156-04:002018-10-05T12:49:33.156-04:00Hope you feel better soon, Frankie! I can't wr...Hope you feel better soon, Frankie! I can't write until I know most things about my characters as well, at least the main ones. I have come up with supporting characters though on the spur of the moment. An image will pop into my head of someone complete with an attitude/voice. I've ended up using at least one of these characters in other books in the series. I do find out things about mySybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.com