tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post3073196789527155942..comments2024-02-01T14:06:20.674-06:00Comments on Knitted by God's Plan: The MuralsKendra E. Ardnekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593051552921296108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-81056854941234974822015-01-14T13:29:59.878-06:002015-01-14T13:29:59.878-06:001. I don't really like inflicting pain on my c...1. I don't really like inflicting pain on my characters. But I do know that pain, tragedy, turmoil, and upheaval are the things that tend to move a plot along. People only like reading about everybody having a mildly enjoyable time for so long before they get bored and go read something more exciting. I think in part it is because we who love to read love to turn to fictional characters to see how they handle their problems (which are often just enormous, worst-case-scenario versions of our own problems).<br /><br />2. The Change. Quite the mystery. I'm still not sure what it is. It can't be the disappearance of all magic, because magic is still around, people believe in it, it's just not as common. I'm guessing something happened to restrict the use of magic in some way. Possibly this is connected to the disappearance of one Mysterious Madeleine.Jenelle Leannehttp://jenelleschmidt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-81448308482649517032015-01-13T15:47:46.524-06:002015-01-13T15:47:46.524-06:00I've stabbed my characters before...does that ...I've stabbed my characters before...does that make me too sadistic?<br /><br />I'm mostly violent to my favorite character, Peter. (Funny how these things work out: I'm most mean to my favorite character. Ah, writers. We are a weird lot. :)Addyson M. Hunekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647391271440470429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-31270572751449434052015-01-13T15:45:40.554-06:002015-01-13T15:45:40.554-06:00Peter's best friend who will become his brothe...Peter's best friend who will become his brother-in-law is a doctor (or is trying to become one, which is pretty much the same thing). He often treats Peter's wounds, of which he gets many.Addyson M. Hunekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647391271440470429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-66247769732835209792015-01-13T13:06:30.792-06:002015-01-13T13:06:30.792-06:00Oh yes. With other authors: Oh no! they're jus...Oh yes. With other authors: Oh no! they're just babies! Don't hurt them. Own Characters: You've already been through so much in this book, hey, why don't I have an assassin leap out from behind that door and stab you! <br /><br />(Not that I've ever been ... that violent. Usually, I just let my characters walk into walls.)Kendra E. Ardnekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593051552921296108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-28997424564939204222015-01-13T12:57:58.926-06:002015-01-13T12:57:58.926-06:00Answer to #1: I don't know! I hate it when oth...Answer to #1: I don't know! I hate it when other author's inflict unnecessary pain on characters (which, in turn, hurts me), but I love to torture my own characters (to a certain extent).<br />#2: Like with the other commenters, my belief is that the Change caused magic (and belief in the Author?) to dwindle. Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-82640039196074700542015-01-13T12:06:23.353-06:002015-01-13T12:06:23.353-06:00Oh, that's funny. My Maryanne's brother is...Oh, that's funny. My Maryanne's brother is named Peter. Although he's very different from his sister, in that he's a doctor, and would much prefer it it people <i>wouldn't</i> go around having those near-death experiences. He'd be very much obliged. They're such a pair, those two.Kendra E. Ardnekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593051552921296108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-61434479351548492352015-01-13T11:56:56.554-06:002015-01-13T11:56:56.554-06:001. It's some sort of authorly thing. I've ...1. It's some sort of authorly thing. I've had a friend at church tell me I like killing characters when I told her all about the life of one of them. And my favorite character, Peter by name, is of the opinion that a person can't properly be counted alive unless they've had at least one near-death experience in their life. Of course, that's probably because he has so many of them.<br /><br />2. It's a thing that happened to take the magic away. I haven't read the second one like my sister has, so...my knowledge is limited.<br /><br />3. Any of Doranna's. Not that she's my favorite character, just her lines are so funny!Addyson M. Hunekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647391271440470429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-13888769940650408442015-01-13T11:43:31.841-06:002015-01-13T11:43:31.841-06:00Hehe. Yeah, I think half the reason Maryanne is my...Hehe. Yeah, I think half the reason Maryanne is my favorite character is the fact that she begs me to make her life ... complicated. (She told me once that a day isn't complete without a near-death experience).<br /><br />It isn't that Robin particularly likes causing people pain, but far be it from her to deny Robert pain that she experienced. Those two.Kendra E. Ardnekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593051552921296108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-79390234902019387762015-01-13T08:52:21.390-06:002015-01-13T08:52:21.390-06:001. Maybe we're all just sadistic. My favorite ...1. Maybe we're all just sadistic. My favorite characters are the ones I give the worst lives, though I still hate killing characters.<br />2. I don't remember what I thought about the Change then, since I'm up to the end of book 2 on my knowledge of it. But it was probably basically that the Change caused magic to basically go away.<br />3. I like the ones where Robert runs into the wall. I think the way Robin acts there characterizes her well.Morgan Hunekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210379865466790340noreply@blogger.com