Guest: Brigette

"A Character's Burden"

Hello, humans.

My name is Brigette and I am, perhaps, one of the newest characters on the blog. You may have seen me around, as J.D. and Ana let me participate in the Character Chat Parties. But you won’t meet me formally until J.D. writes Dark Liaison, book two of the Dark Heirloom series.

At any rate, I am writing this blog today to let off a little steam. Let me tell you, there’s nothing nice about seeing you’re ex-lover again. Especially when he is in love with another woman. A woman who doesn’t even want him. Or know what to do with him.

I know you haven’t read the book yet because it’s not published, but if you couldn’t already guess, I am talking about Jesu and Jenna. As the only character here that knows what J.D. has planned for the second book … well … my heart aches just thinking about what’s coming.

J.D. is not evil. I know she loves me and is also in pain over what I must go through. But I ask, is there no merci for an unwanted female vampire?

Oh gods … and to think of the dangers I will expose Jenna to! Living in J.D.’s head, Jenna and I have actually become close friends. Of course, if she knew what I am going to do in the next book, she would probably refuse to speak to me. I couldn’t blame her.

And Jesu? I can’t even bear to think about how he will loath me.

I bear witness to all this and keep it locked inside because J.D. asks me to. She wants … she needs a raw expression from them when the time is right. So she can write it down properly. So hard to be a character sometimes. I want to weep. I may be a warrior, but I am still female and with feelings.

J.D. is exploring these feelings with me. Watching, never missing anything, remembering anything she might need later. There is little privacy in her head. This makes carrying the burden that much harder. However, I am honored to be a part of the story. Even if I am used as a decoy.

Stay tuned, darlings. You will see me again in this Saturday’s Chat Party.

With Love,
~ Brigette ~

P.S. We have a very fun week lined up. The authors are going to talk about actors and actresses to play us in hypothetical movies. I can't wait to see who J.D. picks to play me! I hope it's Jessica Alba!

Guest: Dawn Embers and Noah

I am honored to introduce our first guest blogger, Dawn Embers, and her extremely cool mutant hero, Noah. Dawn and Noah will be joining us again on Saturday for this week's Chat Party. ~J.D. Brown

Hello blog viewers. I am Dawn Embers, a fiction writer that also met Anastasia and JD on Writing.com. Yes, we're taking over blogger. (lol) I've been writing seriously for over 5 years but I was creating stories for fun with my imagination since I was 5 years old. My favorite genre is fantasy, in many different subgenres, but I'm not limited to the single genre. Not published yet, but am working on getting the first books in my mutant series ready to query. 5 other novels are in different stages of production as well.

Currently working on two mutant novels (different ones), one paranormal romance, steampunk world-building for novel, romance/erotica novella and potential dystopian. Fun stuff. Most are adult but I do some YA as well.

The character you get to meet today is from the adult mutant series, Rogues of Revolution. One book is written so far, and the rest will get an outline while I prepare book 1 to eventually query. The main character is Noah. For the character chat, I pulled him from the end of book 3, before book 4 in this series. I'll give his physical characteristics and then let him talk for himself so you can really get to know him.

Age; 29
Hair: white
Eyes: bright blue
Power: electricity (energy)

The rest is up to you, Noah.

Noah: Gee thanks. Um, Hi people out there. My name is Noah and yes, I do have a last name but it's not as safe for me to give mine with the revolution still going. It's hard to believe things have gone this far and to think how naive I was back in book one.

What am I supposed to talk about again?

Dawn: Yourself. Tell them about your powers and what happened so they don't get confused by the chat that happened.

Noah: Okay. So, I have this mutation. Both my parents had mutated DNA and that was furthered in me and my brother. Unlike my brother, however, is the fact that my so called powers aren't similar to Mom or Dad. I create and control energy, which is often seen as electricity. They used to always talk about the potential I had, or have. But I try not to use it as much as possible because I don't want to be used as a weapon. I don't want to hurt anyone.

It might sound cool to manipulate energy, to shock people or mess with lights of an entire city, but it's really not. Hurting someone, seriously and the risk of killing anyone makes it a nightmare that I wish I could wake up from. But I can't.

When I was younger, I was a bit more naive about the whole situation. I got a degree in physics and military science. The military was for my dad because I hate war and violence in general. I refused to join the military and the government regulated mutant group that my parents were both members for, which really pissed my father off. When giving a choice between working for them or the government directly, I chose to disappear instead. So, I have to be careful because there are people still looking for me, and many of the other mutants in the revolution. They call us rogues but they don't know how organized we really are.

For the last few years I've been a leader within the underground mutant revolution. We're fighting the government restrictions and the allowance for us mutants to be treated like we're not quite human. It's not easy and we have so far to go but no one is ready to give up yet even with the losses we've suffered... I've suffered.

Is this good enough? I don't want to talk about losing him.

Dawn: Okay. You can be done and I'll work on your first book soon for you doing this. Thank you Anastasia and JD for having us here and at the character chat. We had fun.

Guest: Chakor Sonrin

Chakor Sonrin is from Burden of Prophecy. He is a newer character for Anastasia, showing up by surprise and taking over the story. His role is larger in Book 3, Precipice of War. He loves Letarri and started a little battle with Etharas in Book 1 and Anastasia is curious to see how far Chakor will go for his love.

Dearest Anastasia,

I thought to stick with the theme for this week and write you a letter. I know I came as a surprise to you in the story, but I wanted to say I appreciate the fact you allowed me to stay. It has been fun living in your head so far and I look forward to many more fun times together.

That being said, I want to know why I must wait until the very end of the series to be with Letarri again. Couldn’t I travel with her? She needs support and protection. And don’t you dare say that Etharas will look after her. I took over when he faulted at his post, thus why I am here now. He is not responsible enough to look after anyone, not even himself. We both know this. I suppose she does have her sisters and Drache seems to have a good head on his shoulders. But still. I would feel much better if I could protect her myself.

Just think about. I know it would require a huge re-plot to Books 2, 3 and 4, but I really think it would be better in the long run. What do you think? Don’t answer that, I already know what you’ll say. I suppose I should just accept things the way they are. I’ll do it for you because I respect you.

I recently saw in your head that you thought to bring my brother into Book 3 as a side plot. While that might be great for the readers, I want to tell you right now that I hate the idea. My brother and I do not get along and in fact, I’d be very happy living the rest of my long without ever seeing him again. Why must you torture me more? You take Letarri from me then bring my brother into the picture? I know, you must do what is best for the story, but why do I have to suffer because of it?

Oh I can already see your response. “But I torture everyone, Chakor.” That is true, but you can’t have one exception and leave one of us alone? That one being me of course.

Will you at least think about my ideas? I know you will. And I’ll remind you if you don’t. Again, I appreciate you letting me stay at all. I might be pushing my limits here by even asking these things of you, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.

Forever yours,
Chakor Sonrin