23 February 2008

Character study for my next book

Here's a character from my fifth novel, going in a different direction.  I just started this a couple days ago.  It's contemporary fantasy.  I'm gathering ideas, doing character studies, making up names, and doing some really loose plotting.  I have a title already, but I'm not certain about it it.  Call it WD for short. 

Her name is Cira (soft S, like Seer-ah), and she's a breeder of sorts, a witch who can--and does--make that thing hovering over her shoulder, multiply.  You and I cannot see them, howver.  She's not the protag, but a very important supporting character.

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Feb 23, 2008 2:49:38 PM | Sketching, Writing

5 Comments

Mary Stebbins Taitt

WOW! How fun! I love this! Great hair, great illo! Sounds like a fun book.

Posted by: Mary Stebbins Taitt | 25 February 2008 at 07:14 PM

Mary Stebbins Taitt

I looked at the seaborn pix, how cool! :-D

Posted by: Mary Stebbins Taitt | 25 February 2008 at 07:22 PM

Chris Howard

Thanks, Mary!

Posted by: Chris Howard | 25 February 2008 at 08:04 PM

Tony

Hi,

Great work! I'm an artist and writer too.

Posted by: Tony | 28 February 2008 at 06:50 PM

Chris Howard

Thanks, Tony! Beautiful work you've posted--all of it. I love your one day portraits from last March--and your pencil work is just extraordinary. Do you sketch or paint characters from your writing?

Posted by: Chris Howard | 28 February 2008 at 07:45 PM

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