Comments on: Making your own worlds come alive http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2009/08/09/karen-miller/making-your-own-worlds-come-alive/ Just another Bordersblog.com weblog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:53:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: kmiller http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2009/08/09/karen-miller/making-your-own-worlds-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 kmiller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:31:39 +0000 http://bordersblog.com/scifi/?p=354#comment-1378 Wow, Stephanie. Thank you so much!!!! That was exactly what I wanted to do with poor old Hekat. She had so many cards stacked against her, I'm not sure if she ever had a chance. And even though she has issues, there are moments when I really do like her. As for Lional, I have to say, writing him has been one of my favourite things to do ever. He's just so snarky! *g* Wow, Stephanie. Thank you so much!!!! That was exactly what I wanted to do with poor old Hekat. She had so many cards stacked against her, I’m not sure if she ever had a chance. And even though she has issues, there are moments when I really do like her. As for Lional, I have to say, writing him has been one of my favourite things to do ever. He’s just so snarky! *g*

]]> By: Stephanie R http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2009/08/09/karen-miller/making-your-own-worlds-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-1377 Stephanie R Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:22:30 +0000 http://bordersblog.com/scifi/?p=354#comment-1377 Intense definitely was a compliment. I think your villains are spectacular... well, not spectacular people, but spectacular villains :P I just finished reading Accidental Sorcerer, and I thought you portrayed Lional's madness really well! In the beginning I didn't really expect that he was actually crazy, but wow... his coldness was just done really well. Same with Hekat I think. The first series of yours I read was the Godspeaker Trilogy and I was really impressed with her villainous. I really liked how you let readers see it from her point of view first and then it was like a slow descent into Wait a minute... she's actually incredibly evil and insane. Basically, overall just amazingly well done! ^_^ Intense definitely was a compliment. I think your villains are spectacular… well, not spectacular people, but spectacular villains :P I just finished reading Accidental Sorcerer, and I thought you portrayed Lional’s madness really well! In the beginning I didn’t really expect that he was actually crazy, but wow… his coldness was just done really well.

Same with Hekat I think. The first series of yours I read was the Godspeaker Trilogy and I was really impressed with her villainous. I really liked how you let readers see it from her point of view first and then it was like a slow descent into Wait a minute… she’s actually incredibly evil and insane.

Basically, overall just amazingly well done! ^_^

]]> By: kmiller http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2009/08/09/karen-miller/making-your-own-worlds-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 kmiller Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:53:32 +0000 http://bordersblog.com/scifi/?p=354#comment-1373 Oh, and because I am a doofus -- thanks! I'll take intense as a compliment! *g* Oh, and because I am a doofus — thanks! I’ll take intense as a compliment! *g*

]]> By: kmiller http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2009/08/09/karen-miller/making-your-own-worlds-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 kmiller Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:44:06 +0000 http://bordersblog.com/scifi/?p=354#comment-1372 Heh heh heh. Probably I shouldn't be admitting this in public, but I have an awful lot of fun playing with the villains! Basically, I let my dark side off the leash and indulge every last appalling, dictatorial and autocratic impulse in my body! There is something terribly, terribly liberating about not being nice. *g* Heh heh heh. Probably I shouldn’t be admitting this in public, but I have an awful lot of fun playing with the villains! Basically, I let my dark side off the leash and indulge every last appalling, dictatorial and autocratic impulse in my body! There is something terribly, terribly liberating about not being nice. *g*

]]> By: Stephanie R http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2009/08/09/karen-miller/making-your-own-worlds-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Stephanie R Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:19:22 +0000 http://bordersblog.com/scifi/?p=354#comment-1369 I've heard writers say that before- they become the characters when they're writing- and that makes a lot of sense. But something I've always wondered is what it's like to play the villains? You write some pretty intense villains, and I'd imagine sometimes it's kind of scary to get into their heads and their lives. How do you deal with that? I’ve heard writers say that before- they become the characters when they’re writing- and that makes a lot of sense. But something I’ve always wondered is what it’s like to play the villains? You write some pretty intense villains, and I’d imagine sometimes it’s kind of scary to get into their heads and their lives. How do you deal with that?

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