Ask the Author: R.E. Johnston
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R.E. Johnston
Writing a novel is a big project and it's easy to lose track of the details of all the characters. I especially hit this problem with Two Moons because each of the characters has an alter ego on Earth. I recommend keeping a detailed "dossier" on each of your characters so from the first time you introduce them you have one go-to place for their details. For example, it took me a while to learn how to spell the name of my main character's alter ego, Ri Sun-Hui, but her dossier got me through.
You'll have more information than you need for most of your characters, but that makes it more fun. In Two Moons there's a minor supporting character named Wayne. In his previous life he was a Japanese salaryman who loved baseball. That detail's not mentioned in the book--you heard it here first.
You'll have more information than you need for most of your characters, but that makes it more fun. In Two Moons there's a minor supporting character named Wayne. In his previous life he was a Japanese salaryman who loved baseball. That detail's not mentioned in the book--you heard it here first.
R.E. Johnston
Two Moons was written as a standalone novel, but its world and characters call out for more. I'm in the early stages of a novel with the working title Countless Moons. It would be longer than Two Moons, maybe so much so that it becomes more than one book.
R.E. Johnston
Here's the advice I try to follow: "If you are a writer, it's your job to write, so write. Dentists don't get to have dentist's block."
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