I’m blogging over at the Brava Blog today–and I’m giving away an autographed copy of HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT.  Wanna win?  Then hop on over there!

Before I talk about my little dilemma, I just have to say…

ONE WEEK UNTIL THE RELEASE OF HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT!!!!

Sorry. Had to get that out.

Ahem, now back to my post…I’ve got a dilemma. I’m working on my demon story and there is a secondary character, one that I actually didn’t give a whole lot of thought to when I was plotting this story.  You see, I planned for her death.  So, that was pretty straight-forward. But, now that it’s ah, killing time (so to speak), I find myself hesitating.

I think I want to let her survive.

And there’s my dilemma. To kill her or to let her live.  Not really the kind of issue I face everyday.

I just finished a big scene with her (quite possibly her last living scene), but I feel like I’m a bit at loose ends with her.  I could easily write the story with her surviving–or with her becoming the latest victim of my brutal killer.

I may have to try writing a bit each way–and see what I like better.

Any other writers have this problem?  When a character you’ve clearly planned to have an abrupt end seems to raise her hand and ask for just a wee bit more book time?

It’s an absolutely beautiful Monday down here today-with temps expected in the mid 80s. So, um, yeah, I’ll be heading out soon. But first…I wanted to post my paranormal workshop handouts for any authors who might be interested.

(This is the workshop I presented at the recent Silken Sands Conference; the focus of the workshop is giving human flaws and character traits to non-human characters). If you’d like to view the material, just click here.

The workshop material will be up permanently (well, okay, for the next couple of months anyway) in my “Extras” section–just click the “For Writers” button.

Have a great Monday!

Happy Friday!!  I’m blogging today over at The Romance Studio–talking about just how hard it can be to let some characters go…

If you get a chance, drop by for a visit!

I’m blogging over at The Bradford Bunch today about the anti-heroine. If you get a chance, drop by and share your thoughts on the villainess gone (a bit) good.