A random musing
Oct. 27th, 2018 12:01 amSo I started writing this book and was DETERMINED that the heroine wouldn't be very similar to me (I'm firmly convinced that God intended me for support staff, and I'd be a terrible adventure protagonist). Seeing the author's issues peek through their protagonist's POV has always grated on me a bit. I think I succeeded in keeping Kestrel reasonably not-like-me.
But then.
I looked at the setting. Reasonably ordinary bit of country that's badly scarred by being Ground Zero for spite between two powerful forces? Main theme of the series being "fix what we can, fortify against what we can't, and incorporate the few Good Things that resulted"? Secondary theme being "can we sort through all the fragmented memories and years of conflicting information to figure out what normal actually IS"?
You'd almost think I grew up in an emotionally abusive household or something.
So much for preserving distance. :)
But then.
I looked at the setting. Reasonably ordinary bit of country that's badly scarred by being Ground Zero for spite between two powerful forces? Main theme of the series being "fix what we can, fortify against what we can't, and incorporate the few Good Things that resulted"? Secondary theme being "can we sort through all the fragmented memories and years of conflicting information to figure out what normal actually IS"?
You'd almost think I grew up in an emotionally abusive household or something.
So much for preserving distance. :)