But I do NOT have the day off. I’m at Charlie’s office working today.

Bleh. But hey, the good news about being at the office today? No laundry. :whoo:

Revisions for Hunting the Demon have not arrived yet. I find myself torn between breathing a huge sigh of relief at the weekend reprieve and anxiously awaiting them, because I really do want to tear into the story and make it better. My editor, though vicious with the editing whip, is phenomenal. She really knows how to dig deep into a story, rip it to shreds all the way down to its most basic, from plot to subplot to every character in the book, and build from the ground up. And though painful as hell, she is absolutely phenomenal in helping me construct a better book. Which is really what I want. She did that for me with Surviving Demon Island. I want the same for Hunting the Demon.

Even if it hurts. :whip:

So this weekend, besides working, will be spent on miscellaneous tasks, mostly involving fiddilng with some plotlines for other books I will be writing in the very near future.

And, of course, laundry.

And tonight is the first game of the World Series! I grew up in St Louis and am a diehard Cardinals fan, so GO CARDS! :cheer:

What’s on everyone’s weekend agenda?

In the way of impending revisions to Hunting the Demon.
My editor read it. She called me.
There will be revisions. A bunch. <-----understatement. :hide: On a good note, Wild Nights is finished! Just need to finish revising it and it's off to my Berkley editor. :boobie: So by next week, one will be gone and then I'll be buried. And somewhere in there I have to develop the proposal for the next demon hunters book, write another novella and another single title. Tequila anyone?

So I’ve been watching Blade – the TV series, on Spike TV. The first season just ended.

I love every secondary character. The character of Blade? Not so much.

Now I LOVED all 3 Blade movies. I own them. I watch them repeatedly. Over and over. And not just because I have a major thing for Wesley Snipes (Charlie, I still love you best. :hug: Honest. I just love Wesley as Blade ). Anyway, so I was excited about Blade moving to series television.

New Blade? Bleh.

However, Marcus, Krista, Chase, Shen….love them. Awesome characters, all. They’re what kept me watching the show after the first episode.

So the secondary characters have stolen the story.

This happened in the first of my Kismet faerie series. The secondary male tried to take over the book. I fell madly in love with him. He was such a strong, powerful, sexy character that he almost overshadowed the hero in the story (Yes, Shan, we’re talking about Roarke :giggle: ). Fortunately the hero in the first book was a strong enough character to overcome that, but I had to write the seconedary male’s book as soon as I finished the first book. Yowza!

Has this ever happened to you in books? Either as author or reader? Has a secondary character or characters stolen your heart?