tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6210384389686640851..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Slyboots Guide to Series Speed--Reb MacRathKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30567640428854981622017-06-17T18:33:42.445+01:002017-06-17T18:33:42.445+01:00Thanks, Bill. I should find out during the second ...Thanks, Bill. I should find out during the second draft if Boss has gotten enough stage time. Too much would be as bad as too little, I think, if this is to be the right springboard for a spin-off series. One of the major challenges I faced was giving DB a new name, something befitting his new stature. This was tough because the name I'd picked is always prefixed by The when using the third person. Then again, no one had trouble referring to Prince as just Prince. So the trick lay in inventing a way to get readers used to the sound in a sly, progressive way. We'll see! glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-43320892651197304732017-06-13T09:13:10.398+01:002017-06-13T09:13:10.398+01:00Sounds like an interesting challenge, Reb. It'...Sounds like an interesting challenge, Reb. It'll be entertaining for readers to see how Boss takes to being a peripheral character. There's also the fact that, the more one writes about a particular stetting and group of characters, the more familiar and 'real' they all become. It gives one the sense of having at least a degree of control which is unavailable in the everyday. For instance, there's the (apocryphal?) anecdote about Balzac, on his deathbed, calling for the doctor from his Comédie Humaine, Horace Bianchon. Good luck with the new series.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.com