I 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.
Rachel CaineI justโwe were talking, and we fell asleep. I swear, we didnโt, umโโโ โโYeah, youโd better not have ummed.
Rachel CaineYouโre kind of a psycho. I get that.โ โI might be,โ Monica agreed, and gave her a slow, strange smile. โYouโre one smart little freak. Now run away, smart little freak, before I change my mind and stick you in one of these old suitcases for some architect to find a hundred years from now.โ Claire blinked. โArchaeologist.โ Monicaโs eyes turned winter cold. โOh, youโd better start running away now.
Rachel Caine