Introducing Characters

Introducing Characters

Introducing characters to readers is important. My editor gave me an advance heads up for Cruising Undercover that she thought Belinda’s character needed some fleshing out earlier, and she sent me a couple of snippets where she thought I could layer in more details.

The first time we see Belinda, my editor said, “I have no idea where she is.”

Headslap moment. I’m the one in my little critique group who is always pointing out that the opening paragraphs of each scene or cha...