Little by Little
So I’m slowly making progress on my LB fic, which I’m going to stop referring to as ‘my LB fic’ and give it the proper title I’ve had for it for months now anyway: Philia. Boy have I got plans for this one… gonna be relying heavily on bits of The Four Loves for certain sections of it, I think. The only problem is that it’s REALLY slow work right now, thanks to all the busy-ness of school and still trying to get these articles written and beta work and all sorts of other fun stuff. At least it’s getting written, though. After more than a YEAR of bouncing around in my head and growing and developing and planning and other such stuff it’s FINALLY getting out on paper. And after presenting what little I had at the writing group in The Lion’s Call chat room on Monday, it seems to be going over well. Of course, there were only a few there, so that’s not saying much, but it’s certainly encouraging.
Speaking of Philia, I’ve noticed something. Each author has a certain character or type of character they feel most comfortable with, and it shows. I think I’ve finally found mine: Tirian. I find that odd, as I thought I’d have an easier time writing Jewel, as I see him as the character most like me, but that actually makes it a bit difficult: it’s hard for me to write Jewel as Jewel and not as me, if that makes sense. Tirian’s a nice middle-of-the-road: enough like me that I can write him easily enough, but far enough removed that I can separate myself from him… again, if that makes sense. He’s defined enough that I really have something to work with, but there’s enough left open about him that I have a little wiggle room when writing him as well. He comes very naturally, which is perhaps odd as hardly anything is written about him. Ah well, maybe it’s a good thing: there’s not enough about Tirian out there in my humble opinion. Maybe I’m supposed to change that. 
So, let’s hear it for Tirian as I continue to pound out the first chapter bit by bit… Tirian’s very cute as a little prince, I must admit. It’s very different writing him like that when I’m used to writing him actually DURING LB, but it’s a nice one. Can’t wait to write Jewel as a colt in, though. 
