You know I mean business about starting to draft a new novel when I get to naming my characters.
Seriously. Names are usually one of the last things I do. I’m not sure why, really. That’s just my process. And not to say that I consider it an insignificant task, either. I often agonize over character names, and I usually learn something about them as they are christened.
As Petra Rising is the third volume in the series, I don’t have as many personages upon which to bestow monikers, but I do have a few new folks—mostly minor but nonetheless important players. So the great Naming proceeds, to be swiftly followed by—gasp and swoon!—actual fresh verbiage.
I have to admit, folks, I’m nervous. In addition to the usual first draft jitters, there’s the fact that I haven’t played in the Petra universe for several years. And this will be the concluding novel of this story arc, which is a new thing for me. Can I stick the landing?
Time will tell. Soon. Magic Meter is coming.
Write Club update: Personalized note from Shimmer. Not a good fit, basically. Response time, six days.
Deep breath . . .
