Barbara Neville's Blog - Posts Tagged "characters"
Outlaws & Lawdogs
Who is your favorite character? I especially like Vic in Craig Johnson's Longmire series. I like Walt too. And Henry.
And Craig himself is, not surprisingly, very entertaining. I just saw him speak, along with A. Martinez another well spoken man (he plays Jacob Nighthorse in the Longmire series on Netflix) at the Tucson Festival of Books.
I aspire to write as well as Craig, give me another few decades...
When asked how many more books would there be in the Longmire series; Craig said something that rang true for me. He might just go at his desk, like Robert Parker. Type "The end" then keel over.
He loves the world he's written and it shows in the books. I have the same problem, I wrote two spinoff books which stand alone and are western historical fiction, but they tied into the first series and sure enough, the next book in the first series ties the spinoff duo right back into the action. Hey, I tried my damndest (or darndest if you don't like cussing) to escape. But it's love. I love my characters. Especially the bad guys. Now, in my books it can, at times, be hard to tell who is who (whom?). My good guys skate along the ragged edge because they disagree with the powers that be. They are outlaws and lawmen, both.
Someone suggested I should share bit about myself:
Besides writing I raise goats, chickens, guineas, and peacocks, along with Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs. They keep the predators away from my fowl and livestock. I have a couple of horses, too. And one female pup left. She is for sale.
I live next to the border wall. Everyone knows which border has the wall, don't we? Yikes.
Okay, enough about me. Who in my books is your favorite? Honestly, my favorite is whichever of the guys I am writing about at the moment. It's hard to look beyond that. In one book, I was only gonna have Spud and Wolf. Them other guys? They snuck in when I wasn't lookin'. I swear. I'm gonna try again in the next book. But, damned if I can decide which one or two to let ride. I started with the big guy, then thought maybe the twins... or Buzz and Wolf, or Buzz and Spud? And that damn Hammer is always wanting to say something smartass to Annie. Ay yi yi, fellas. Give a gal a break.
Also, look at the great photo I took for my latest book cover, Against the Wind is available to preorder now.
Happy trails.
And Craig himself is, not surprisingly, very entertaining. I just saw him speak, along with A. Martinez another well spoken man (he plays Jacob Nighthorse in the Longmire series on Netflix) at the Tucson Festival of Books.
I aspire to write as well as Craig, give me another few decades...
When asked how many more books would there be in the Longmire series; Craig said something that rang true for me. He might just go at his desk, like Robert Parker. Type "The end" then keel over.
He loves the world he's written and it shows in the books. I have the same problem, I wrote two spinoff books which stand alone and are western historical fiction, but they tied into the first series and sure enough, the next book in the first series ties the spinoff duo right back into the action. Hey, I tried my damndest (or darndest if you don't like cussing) to escape. But it's love. I love my characters. Especially the bad guys. Now, in my books it can, at times, be hard to tell who is who (whom?). My good guys skate along the ragged edge because they disagree with the powers that be. They are outlaws and lawmen, both.
Someone suggested I should share bit about myself:
Besides writing I raise goats, chickens, guineas, and peacocks, along with Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs. They keep the predators away from my fowl and livestock. I have a couple of horses, too. And one female pup left. She is for sale.
I live next to the border wall. Everyone knows which border has the wall, don't we? Yikes.
Okay, enough about me. Who in my books is your favorite? Honestly, my favorite is whichever of the guys I am writing about at the moment. It's hard to look beyond that. In one book, I was only gonna have Spud and Wolf. Them other guys? They snuck in when I wasn't lookin'. I swear. I'm gonna try again in the next book. But, damned if I can decide which one or two to let ride. I started with the big guy, then thought maybe the twins... or Buzz and Wolf, or Buzz and Spud? And that damn Hammer is always wanting to say something smartass to Annie. Ay yi yi, fellas. Give a gal a break.
Also, look at the great photo I took for my latest book cover, Against the Wind is available to preorder now.
Happy trails.
