Technology Causes Setbacks

Sunday, February 19, 2012

So my computer crashed and I didn't have access to it for three weeks. It's back now, but I lost some of the new draft I was working on for Londinium, so I'm going to have to rewrite that. That would happen, wouldn't it? Augh.

Now I wish I'd used a typewriter, because then I wouldn't have lost anything at all. This is why I generally write my chapters by hand first and then type them up later - you get a foolproof copy of your work. Basil never loses anything he writes, after all. Lucky jerk - he doesn't have to worry about computers.

Anyway, I'll be getting back to writing now, so this was more or less just a quick progress update - or lack thereof.

New Character Art: Sir Norwood Linsay

Monday, January 9, 2012

Basil and Dustin's favorite person to make fun of in the entire world. Seriously, ask them.

I really have no explanation as to why he became a running joke for the two of them, but he's a generally antagonistic person and they're not so that might have something to do with it. They also write a song about him in the second book, which I'll share with you all when the time is right. (You know, when I publish the book and you can go out and buy it and read it.)

New Character Art: Henrietta Mansfield

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Do you know how damn hard it is to draw someone whose face you describe as 'having no personality' and 'plain-looking?' It's harder than drawing someone who is really good-looking or really ugly, seriously.

Every historical story needs at least one society person with no real personality behind them, after all.

New Character Art: Sebastian Montcourt

Saturday, January 7, 2012

This should more accurately be titled 'Sebastian Montcourt as a popsicle stick.' He ended up coming out on a really weird angle and it just doesn't look right to me. I scanned it in anyway.

He's one of two nemesis bankers in Londinium. We'll get to the other one later. You know, the one that's been around a little longer as a character.

New Character Art: John Horner

Friday, January 6, 2012

An old friend of Basil's father, John Horner allows Basil to earn his family's money back by working at his bank. Aristocrats typically didn't work in finance, so Horner promises to keep Basil's job hush-hush. (Basil takes the job because it's the fastest way for him to reestablish the family fortune - military service and posts in the House of Lords were more typical aristocrat jobs, but they weren't really designed for people actively trying to make money, if you know what I mean.)

New Character Art: Sybil Bannister

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Sybil is one of the newest editions to the Londinium family, so I haven't fully developed her yet. I'll be working on that as I rewrite the earlier chapters of the novel, however.

Also, Blogger has a new interface for writing blog posts and I can finally do cut text here. That's good news because it means I'll be able to share Londinium short stories with you all that don't make it into the books!

New Character Art: Everett Lawson

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

This one is involved in a pretty major plot point in the second book, so we're not going to go into too many details on him, but what I can tell you is that he was a prefect at Eton at the same time Basil was, so there's a semi-rivalry there already. He's not a villain - not by any means - but he does play a pretty big role, so keep an eye on him once the second book is ready!