Writers aren't exactly people...

...they're a bunch of people trying to pass for one person." Or howabout: "Some of my best friends are fictional"? True. Absolutely, positively true. When you're a writer, anyway. I've got roughly six people living inside my head. Then there are a few who pop in occasionally. Lemme introduce you to some of those people (in order of 'main-ness'):

Jess Kane (15): MC (main character) of my Fire and Flame trilogy. And the books beyond. I often call her my evil twin. Or my 'evil twin's evil twin'. She has a bunch of my weaknesses, and only a few of my strengths. She is very feisty and stubborn. But a lot of fun. Poor kid, tho'. I generally take out my life on her. Any lessons I learn- Jess learns 'em too. Any problem/pain I have- Jess gets it too. But it's so nice to know that another 'person' is experiencing almost the exact same things you are.

Jack: Was originally going to be a sort of secondary character. He was actually going to die quite early in the story. However, that was not to be. He turned out to be my favorite character, so not a CHANCE of my getting rid of him. Not a chance. Jack is absolutely crazy. Well, not really, but he likes to make everyone think he is. He is extremely intelligent and skilled, but has some work to do on his people skills. He also provides the comic relief. Sarcasm and banter, yes, but that's pretty much what I do as far as humor goes. Btw, Jack learns almost as many lessons as Jess does. Maybe because they're so alike... even though they'd (or at least Jess would) like to think they aren't.

Alex Kane (18): The character who's giving me the most trouble. He's Jess's older brother, but he doesn't get along with Jack very well and, since Jack has a more dominant personality, Alex tends to clam up and get mad at ME (of all people!) when Jack is around. *shakes head* I need to give that boy a good talking-to...

Heather (17): Sweet, quiet-natured... everything Jess isn't. Theoretically. She's giving me some problems, but not as many as some *glances at Alex* She is more willing than Jess to go with the flow and doesn't do half as many stupid things. *sigh* And yet, at least in old drafts of the story, she's always ALWAYS getting captured. Maybe it's because Alex likes her... *'nother sigh* And here I am left wondering why on EARTH I ever decided to put a romance in the story. Oh, right. It wasn't MY fault. The characters just ended up liking each other and forced me to marry them. That's the way it happens when you delve too deeply into your story.

Xajtir: (pronounced Zay-TOR) The 'mentor' character of the story. However, he's very stingy about giving information and annoys the heck out of the Three (Jess, Alex and Heather), Jess especially. He has a mysterious past, though, and is a highly useful character, if not very much FUN...

Oh... and perhaps I should actually post a SYNOPSIS soon? Maybe? After all, I DID just introduce the main characters....