Category: characters

• A story about rediscovering a story

  

  3+ years ago, I wrote a 600-word scenelet/start of a potential new midlife superpowers story. I shared it with a couple of people, then promptly forgot the filename, where I saved it, and even what application I wrote it in. As one does, if one is me. Once I finished Sharp Edge of Yesterday, I…

  K. M. Herkes

  September 5, 2021

  2. Worldbuilding, Authoring, characters, Writing Life

  rough passages, writer problems, writer’s bane, writer’s life, writing

• I promised a character portrait post. Here it be.

  Meet my characters, presented portrait style.

  K. M. Herkes

  July 28, 2019

  Authoring, characters, Promotion, Writing Life

  character art, conventions, Restoration Stories, rough passages, writer’s life, writing

• I wander off on a guest-posting adventure

  My words. Jen’s blog. A powerful match.

  K. M. Herkes

  October 30, 2017

  1. Storysculpting, 2. Worldbuilding, Authoring, characters, Promotion, Reblogged

  feminism, realism, strong-female-characters

• Making Superpowers Make Sense

  

  Smoke & mirrors and a lot of research.

  K. M. Herkes

  February 28, 2017

  2. Worldbuilding, characters, nuts & bolts

  creating, future history, rough passages, science-fiction, worldbuilding, writing

• Yes, But What Do They Eat?

  Life in a super-powered world gets complicated. Speculation is an entertaining playground. Yes, there are big questions to answer, but I prefer to ponder issues that would affect people’s daily lives.  What kind of house paint would work for people who exhale acid gasses? How would the fashion industry cater to scales and tails? Then there are the scientific…

  K. M. Herkes

  February 16, 2017

  2. Worldbuilding, Authoring, characters, nuts & bolts

  fun, research, rough passages, science, worldbuilding, writing