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@KyandiAkatensei Quite a few of my major characters originated as minor ones. The protagonist of Red Shoes began as a supporting character in a webcomic I did with @SymeBryan many years ago, and two major characters in that novel began as walk-ons in that series.
@theariellelyon I got a sudden tingle of high-octane WRONG. “Kris?” I
ventured.
Kristen turned just as something thumped outside our front door. Loud.
Kris and I both froze.
Oh shit...
@Zachwritestuff Coyote also inspired Silk from my unfinished novel Holy Creatures To and Fro (Inky was an influence on that character, too), her Powerchords counterpart Coyote Ash, and the Mage 20 character Ashpaw Ten-Sticks. All three were created with Coyote's collaboration.
@Zachwritestuff Two other characters in RED SHOES are inspired (with their input and approval) by my longtime friends @inkytheawesome (also immortalized as Spider Chase in Mage 20) and @bastsdaughter, while protagonist Genet was inspired by my friend Ann and my older stepdaughter Victoria.
@Zachwritestuff Most of my characters are fusions of many real-life people, myself included. I often joke that Meghan Susan Green is my inner teenage girl, if I'd been a short, angry musical prodigy. She was also partly inspired by my friend @s00j and my late girlfriend Coyote Ward.
@klhicks912 Red Shoes draws inspiration from my roommate Danielle's bellydance troupe, a former partner's love of jigsaw puzzles, my involvement with ecstatic dance, the legendary Dikpa Raga, my best friend's love of MMA, @s00j's musical magic, and my experiences with death and grieving.
@GabriellaBuba RED SHOES features two namesake characters inspired by my closest friends. They're NOT my friends - they're fictional characters. Even so, I ran those characters and their scenes past my friends, who also helped me brainstorm elements of plot and dialogue.
@kfoxx_writes I lost loved ones to the Reaper during and after the writing of Red Shoes. My grieving process found its way into the book, during both the initial draft and a revision pass I made after two of the biggest losses of my life thus far.
Genet THINKS and FEELS. She doesn't only ACT.