Not a ton of new writing going on, still reading a lot but also doing some revision work on what was previously written, i.e. Allison & Robert’s story. The ‘stormy fronts’ title is meant to be taken literally for this post… every time I sit down to write, either a flash thunderstorm or one I actually was given advanced warning about, hits. And then my scared-y cat of a Collie – Stevie – either burrows under my feet, crawls into my lap, or hides under my desk. Okay, you try being creative and actually writing with a sixty-five pound, quivering mass of fur pinning you down, m’kay? *sighs* Naturally, the mom part of me takes over all creative juices and soothes the not-so-savage-beast until she settles down and is once again assured mom will keep her safe – and by that time, I’ve lost whatever flow or idea had been working through me. Argh!
So, on the revisions… I mentioned I changed Allison’s hair, and am seriously thinking about making some minor changes to Kara as well. But if I do that, I’ll have to be sure to go back to Lynette & Lachlan’s story too, since Kara makes her first appearance in it. Kara was originally written to have coffee-colored hair, worn in a long plait, but I’m wanting to lighten her hair, I think. Allison is her sister, even though neither one knows it yet, and she has silvery-blond hair; Marie, their mother, has honey-blond hair; Jake, their father, has light-brown, salted with gray hair… the thing is, when Allison shifts into her wolf self, she is a white – Artic – wolf. So far, Kara has not shifted into her wolf self and in Lynette & Lachlan’s story, I kind of pictured her as a lighter gray to brownish wolf. But that was before I realized she would be Allison’s full, younger sister. Hmm, maybe I better head back to my Artic wolf research again and double check the wolf colorings. Allison is a pure white wolf… the brothers – she hasn’t met any of them yet – aren’t fully described because they haven’t made an appearance in either story. They’re only mentioned, only in my background notes so far. Yeah, for the sake of continuity and all that, I’m closing this and double checking the Artic wolf articles.
Oh! My new xBox One just arrived. Yeah, baby, yet another distraction! *laughs* Kay, I am so outtie….