This is VERY true. I'm always nervous for the first month-or-two of embarking on a new serial, because it takes me about that much time to fall in love with the characters and world. No matter how much prep I do, it's only once I've written my way into the story that I really know if it's what I want to do.
And then, by the end, saying good bye to them all is difficult. There's a grieving process. Occasionally I find myself thinking of writing sequels to my earlier books, just so I'd have an excuse to hang out with them some more.
I've been hanging out with the Triverse cast of characters for two and a half years now. Writing them is a joy. They're good company. Except Holland. Holland is an arsehole.
Either fall in love with them, or, in my case, cultivate their friendships and tolerate their eccentricities.
This is VERY true. I'm always nervous for the first month-or-two of embarking on a new serial, because it takes me about that much time to fall in love with the characters and world. No matter how much prep I do, it's only once I've written my way into the story that I really know if it's what I want to do.
And then, by the end, saying good bye to them all is difficult. There's a grieving process. Occasionally I find myself thinking of writing sequels to my earlier books, just so I'd have an excuse to hang out with them some more.
I've been hanging out with the Triverse cast of characters for two and a half years now. Writing them is a joy. They're good company. Except Holland. Holland is an arsehole.