AQATWA: An abundance of characters

[inverarity]

So I have a bunch of new characters all being introduced in one chapter. I feel like I'm writing The Hunger Games. (No, that's not a hint about the plot.) I remember a comment I got a lot about Hogwarts Houses Divided was that I dropped so many characters into the story that people had trouble keeping the names straight at first, though most readers apparently got them sorted out eventually. Still, I may have to eliminate a few characters when I go back and revise. Assuming I don't eliminate entire swaths of the book, since I'm still in that meandering "I know where I want to go, but right now I'm just winging it" phase.

There are a lot of big events and new developments in AQATWA, but the connective tissue that will hold it all together as a coherent book isn't there yet.

However, you may surmise that at least I am writing again. I never really stopped, but progress has been dragging for a while.

Current word count is 131K words. I still predict this is going to be the longest of the AQ books yet.

And now, one of the best illustrations I've seen of Alexandra, courtesy of cactuscommando, and another one of Dean Grimm! Click the links to go check out the full-size versions on the artist's DeviantArt page.


Alexandra Quick by ~cactusfantastico on deviantART


Lilith Grimm by ~cactusfantastico on deviantART


Abraham Thorn by ~cactusfantastico on deviantART

Comments

[cactuscommando.livejournal.com]

So far all of your characters have been pretty memorable to me. One of the things I actually like about your books is the breadth of the cast and how they are mostly all definitive and interesting. Plus, tons of characters keeps me busy drawing.