tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post8431152136872481729..comments2023-06-20T07:47:24.386-05:00Comments on The Spiced Tea Party: Secondary characters and blog tourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-2693748455100631532007-11-22T11:00:00.000-05:002007-11-22T11:00:00.000-05:00I agree with tumperkin, I want secondary character...I agree with tumperkin, I want secondary characters to be well rounded and realistic. If a secondary character is very intriguing, of course I'd like to see a sequel that focuses on her or him. It happens too often, though, that writers ignore the secondary characters. All they need is a few personal details about them (like a little window into who they are) to make them pop, and a reader will want to know more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-45502627545566713932007-11-21T15:19:00.000-05:002007-11-21T15:19:00.000-05:00I like to see well-written secondary characters an...I like to see well-written secondary characters and hate when they're just 2D sketches, standing around like cardboard cut-outs. If a secondary character has intrigued me, I do like to see a book about them. But I dislike it when an author starts with the sequel-baiting in the middle of a narrative. It can pull me out of the story.Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-25387717889975557822007-11-19T20:47:00.000-05:002007-11-19T20:47:00.000-05:00Well, you know, in Made for Sin, Lucy's sister and...Well, you know, in Made for Sin, Lucy's sister and the rake were supposed to be secondary. They didn't like that *at* all. So it ended up being 50/50.Celia May Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124733975264957145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-63128504699030154072007-11-19T19:37:00.000-05:002007-11-19T19:37:00.000-05:00I love secondary characters and love when they get...I love secondary characters and love when they get their own book.Amy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17202603187907169256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-68663212911257215872007-11-19T16:42:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:42:00.000-05:00I have an advanced case of secondary character dis...I have an advanced case of secondary character disorder. I need to ask my doctor for stick-to-them, to keep my focus on the main characters. I get sidetracked by others' secondaries, and generally fall totally in love with one I'm writing. It's very disturbing, because I loathe writing and reading sequels, and you know these guys are going to turn up sooner or later. AARGH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-2018109574703096182007-11-19T16:15:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:15:00.000-05:00I always want them to get their own books but I'm ...I always want them to get their own books but I'm never able to. I tried and I tried to write a book where Matthew Bakewell and Fannie Grandin from <I>The Slightest Provocation</I> got together and I couldn't make it happen.<BR/><BR/>My one success in that direction was <I>Safe Word</I>, which was kind of a joke, because the whole point of the sequel to <I>Carrie's Story</I> was whether it had been Carrie's story at all, or really, Jonathan and Kate's.<BR/><BR/>(And no, I don't expect anybody else to remember those characters as well as I do. But it just goes to show how well I do remember them.)Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-43159013715418542682007-11-19T14:42:00.000-05:002007-11-19T14:42:00.000-05:00I do appreciate secondary characters and most of t...I do appreciate secondary characters and most of the time I have a desire to see them get their own story. I'm all for the sidekick getting their own book.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040629694490652973noreply@blogger.com