Writing Meme, day 5

[valarltd]

5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?

(yes, I am jumping in late)

Oldest: Professor Morganstern from "Tuition Fees." He fought the War on Heaven before the beginning of Time, so I guess that qualifies him as "older than dirt," quite literally.

Youngest: Betsy from "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch." She's 8 and very much based on my Dollface. (There is a toddler mentioned but never appears in one story)

Oldest in terms of creation is Zara ("Pushing the Boundaries of Reality"). She arrived in 1986 for a fantasy novel, showing up with sorcerous talents, a bad case of twincest and her distinctive look. She translated over to cyberpunk without batting an eye.

Youngest...Phillipe. Phillipe is a trucker out of New Orleans, with an auntie who does vodou and rootwork. He drives a big purple rig and we encounter him going north on I-57 in Illinois. He's a tall thin black man and calls our narrator "bebe" and "cherie" and never her name.

Comments

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It's okay. The Con Crud gets the best of us.

[thunderpigeon.livejournal.com]

Where are these memes coming from, anyway? Will there be an entire month of writing memes?

It seems like they must be from somewhere, but although my friends list seems to consist almost entirely of writers, I don't see anyone else posting them.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I'm getting them from erastes and moons_storm

[mariadkins.livejournal.com]

yay! :)