Is it him?โ Dad asked. โDid he get you into trouble?โ โNot me,โ Shane said. โIโve just got that kind of face.
Rachel CaineJason: I'm all for hobbies, but you think this is the time for origami? Whatcha making, a crane?
Rachel CaineSo, been attacked by any vampires yet?" "Not one." "Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?" It's been really quiet on the supernatural front" "Too bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome.
Rachel CaineThere were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy.
Rachel CaineOkay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was Hello, sexy, and wow, sheโd never even suspected that it could feel this way.
Rachel CaineI think at some level, it's just alchemy that we, as writers, can't explain when we write the characters. I don't set out to create the characters - they're not, to me, collections of quirks that I can put together. I discover the characters, instead. I usually go through a standard set of interview questions with the character in the beginning and ask the vital stuff: What's important to you? What do you love? Hate? Fear? .. and then I know where to start. But the characters just grow on their own, at a certain point. And start surprising me.
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