#koreinwinter

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Sometimes you just need a little help from your friends, and I want to thank @koreinwinter for taking the hardest job in looking at my Icarcus novella.

You probably know I struggled with editing (FYI, not my biggest strength), and your insights helped me to see things clearly which I have not. Now i am feeling confident to actually edit Icarcus again!

So here is my chat with her about Drago’s past.

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koreinwinter replied to your post: Tried to send you an ask but it appears that my pc can't manage, so I'll ask here: when you created Rhianwyn were you inspired by other books' characters or real life people? And would you two be friends in real life?

I’m still hoping your PC is okay!!!

So, when I created Rhianwyn, it was because I wanted someone to be opposite to Gwendolyn... and she became the equivalent to Snow White’s Evil Queen, just before all the evilness and all that. So, I kept some of the major key things for it; Rhianwyn’s got a magic mirror that answers questions in rhyme, a need to be the best in everything (including being the prettiest), and a desire to be a queen. She’s not a huge part in the Frog Prince WIP, there’s some hints to what she’ll become, but her story is planned to be the third set in this world.

She actually came up as a character before almost anyone else, even before the prince did really. I already had Gwendolyn, who cast a curse that she didn’t mean or want to, so I wanted someone to counteract her complete resistance to magic. And in a world where magic isn’t always accepted, it made sense to make them family; there wouldn’t be two unrelated witches in this small town I created. If I manage to write Rhia the way I mean to, she’s got all this depth and conflicting emotions because she’s kind of messed up (both sisters got messed up by mom, but that’s another story) that will be fun to play with... although I’m really torn because I have a strong suspicion as to how her story ends and I love her so I don’t like it.

But as much as I love her as a character in my head, I don’t think we’d be friends in real life... not really at least. We might hang out regularly, if we were in the same area (like me with certain people during the semester because we just happen to have the same break times) but we wouldn’t seek each other out. We’d be just friendly enough to have a conversation and get annoyed with each other but not close enough to say anything about it. It would be a real passive-aggressive relationship, and we’d both probably just start ignoring each other.

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koreinwinter replied to your post “4,900 followers!”

Hello, I'm a follower and a fan of yours. I just wanted to tell you how much your writing means to me. You gave me the courage to start my own book, so thank you. Never stop writing!

Oh wow, thank you for telling me that!!! I’m so glad anything I’ve done has helped you start your book!! Congrats and all the best with that!! <3333333333333333