In the MG workshop at this months’s SCBWI conference in Orlando, Kathleen Duey suggested interviewing our characters. Kathleen sits down with hers for brief chats and long discourses, depending on their mood. Sometimes they’re eager to dish out favorites and deep dark secrets and sometimes they’re not. Like the one that told her to ( fill in the blank) off!
One sleepless night, I called my protaganist to my head and asked what she was up to. She didn’t have anything to say. She didn’t even offer a bedtime story or lullaby. Last week, author and social networking whiz, Lia Keyes, started a micro blog for Rowena, a character in her YA fantasy A Warning To The Curious. I was enchanted by Rowena from the start. Lia enhances the journal with delicious images of gadgets and dresses and European hotspots from Rowena’s time-traveling adventures.
Commenters on Lia’s personal blog praised her new venture. I love the idea of giving my characters a forum. But I approach it with caution. Some weeks I barely eke out two posts for this blog. Cobwebs cover my Facebook and Twitter. Can I handle another writing commitment, even one so alluring?
YES!!! You could always keep it to yourself, reserving judgment until you’ve tried it for a few weeks. If you run out of steam or it’s not helping, no one will be any the wiser.
Very tempting, Lia, very tempting. I’m also keeping my eye out for the Characters Cafe on Scribblerati. Thanks for stopping by!