In Love with a Killer

Could you love someone who killed another person? It all depends on the circumstances, right? We find it much more acceptable for someone who acts in self defense than to justify affection for a serial killer. It's all about how a writer presents the characters and their motivations...

Super-smart fictional c...

I need some more help today: who’s a fictional character (books, tv, film, whatever) who seems to know how everything works, and remembers lots of little details that come in handy to save the day?  Not so hands-on as MacGyver (and I’ve compared one of my characters to him...

Quickie poll — ch...

Hey folks, it's been crazy with several big deadlines the past couple of weeks, which is why I haven't made any real posts here. I'm in the last edits of Ultramarine and still can't decide on one character name. It's for the father of one of the main characters,...

For the Brits: an idiom...

 I'm trying to find just the correct way to explain the meaning of "hit someone for six." I know the technical cricket definition, but I'm struggling to put the idiom into words. "Devastate" seems too harsh, "inconvenience" is too mild....

Italian character name ...

Thanks for everyone who helped yesterday with the search for an English character nickname. Today I'm hoping for some help with a name for an Italian character.  Lots of Italian names are actually pronounce differently than they look to English speakers, and I know that readers...

Character name help nee...

Since storm_grant  gets such great advice when she asks, I thought I'd give it a try. I'm looking for a name for a minor character, a woman of a certain age who has a name/nickname far too young for her actual years and too cute for her not-very-attractive...