Finn DoPonce
"Just because things could've been different doesn't mean they'd be better." Finn has walked this entire journey with me from the very beginning. From the days of Betrayal by Blood, from the days before as Flint (and someday I promise to get around to writing that backstory! I just have to figure out how exactly that [...]
Christopher Saroot
Christopher. **deep sigh** One of the characters that I knew from the very beginning that wasn't going to have a happy storyline. How can he? Passed through the Void as a child when the plane he'd been on crashed. Adopted by a loving family who was then brutally murdered by the Elphen army. Brainwashed and [...]
Geist Wolscar
Geist. Oh, Geist. Did you know? This guy was originally supposed to be a bit of a villain in Renegade Skyfarer? I had no intentions whatsoever of him becoming anything major in the series. I was definitely not expecting him to befriend Ben, nor was I expecting Ben and him to actually become buddies. Let alone go [...]
Krista and Briar
Oh, how I love these two. Fun fact: In the original draft, Briar was supposed to die at the end of Renegade Skyfarer (and Jade was supposed to lose her entire arm). But I couldn't kill Briar. He'd become too important to me. He was the patient insight to Jade's emotional volatility, and he was [...]
Raine DoPonce
**struggles to find words amidst all the feels** Ok, weird author moment: Half the time when I think of Raine, my brain flashes back to baby Raine, when Connor and Maria first found her as a baby, having just passed through the Void after a car accident on Earth. They had no idea where she [...]
Ben Dubray
Oh Ben. How you've grown. I remember walking home with Mike (I say walking as if I wasn't 8 months pregnant and waddling), discussing this story and throwing around ideas, and our discussions of Ben, and how he'd get to Terrene, and what implications that meant for returning to Earth. Me asking questions about the Void, [...]
Zak and Zaborah Monomi
Yesterday was Jade, so I feel obliged that today should be Zak. XD What can I say about our beloved Monomi? He genuinely surprised me. I knew he'd have a fairly tragic backstory (losing one's idol and brother in such a traumatic way would do that to a soul), and I knew he'd be Jade's [...]
Character art – Jade Stohner
Sooo...I got some character art done recently. And I'm absolutely in love with all of them (as if I wasn't already in love with my characters before!). If you already follow me on social media, you'll have seen some of them already, but I reckon I should have them all here for easy access if [...]
And the cogs keep turning…
It's been far too long since I've updated my progress on Renegade Skyfarer! Humblest apologies. **bows low** This may or may not have been my actual expression when I checked my email. Thankfully, no cameras were present to document my actual reaction. Yesterday evening started up the creative machine again. I got my [...]