#PennedPossibilities 997 — Tell us about a particular “dream” or desire that your antagonist has.

To be left alone. To be allowed to wreak the havoc he enjoys so much. To leave the wreckage behind him as he goes. In reality, Isma wants for nothing else. He is a “simple” creature. Otherwise, he lacks nothing in terms of necessities or comforts. The man is a whirlwind of destruction, death, bloodshed, and a desire to torture, but he’s so much more than that. He can also be a clever mastermind, helpful, a voracious reader, wanting to learn everything that can be taught, a teacher to those he deems worthy of friendship, and he avidly enjoys the arts. His pros do not make up for the cons, but again, a layered antagonist can make all the difference in the world.

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#PennedPossibilities 996 — Share some of your favorite lines from your WIP.

(I’m going out later, so this one will be a bit early. I hope no one minds.)

Here’s a few bits and bobs that I loved writing. These are in no particular order. I will, however, state who says a particular line if it happens to be a quote or offer some context.

• “Every corner of this heart is haunted. You are the ghoul, the specter of my past, and yet I wouldn’t trade a single memory of you for the world. I pray only that you continue to haunt me, Fen.” — Alistair (to Fenella)

• Even the shops had taken on an uncommon grimness, with their hard facades of marble and granite, the wealth within gleaming like archaeological relics under museum glass. (Gothic vibes, hell yes.)

• Looking at her felt like leaning too close to a dying fire, the heat muted, the flames gone, but the coals glowing red, alive in silence. (This is a line about Hati’s wolf eyes.)

• The room was dark, shadows playing on the walls as he lit a lamp on his bedside table. (Again, so simple and yet so utterly gothic, and I love it.)

• “Even in silence, my heart still whispers your name.” — Alistair (to Fenella)

• His eyes were dark and steely. They looked like storm clouds pressed into color, grey not as absence, but as tension, alive and waiting. (A line about Alistair’s vampiric eyes.)

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#PennedPossibilities 994 — Did any of your characters have a favorite comfort item as a child? If so, at what age did they stop using it? Do they still have it?

Alistair can’t remember that far back in his past, to be fair. For Hati, it was art. She gave up the habit ages ago, even if Alistair has tried to encourage her to enjoy the creativity and freedom of it again. So, for her, it was her art supplies. It isn’t so much an item as items, plural, but it still counts.

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#PennedPossibilities 992 — If your MC unexpectedly died, who would they want to raise their child(ren), if they have any? Have they already made a plan for this in case it happens?

Oooh, this is a good prompt. I’m glad I had this one saved. Vampires have their “children,” meaning the ones they’ve sired and made bloodbound AKA those they’ve turned into fellow vampires. They aren’t blood children, of course, but the familial relationship is very similar. Things tend to work in the same way. Alistair would want his bloodbound one/ones to survive and thrive, and they would need no help in doing so. He’s sure of that fact. Duncan would be just fine in that respect. He doesn’t require Alistair’s fellow existence to keep on living. There’s no plan needed in the event that he was to ever die.

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#PennedPossibilities 991 — Tell us about your WIP. What is the genre or genres?

Genres: Gothic and Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, and Horror.

Addition: For some explanation, this story also takes place during the tail end of the Victorian era, contains werewolves, vampires, ghosts, and witches, and was written with the gloriously eerie spirit of Hammer Horror films in mind.

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