Okay, you know that part in...

[agilebrit]

"A Muppet Christmas Carol," where Gonzo says "Authors are omniscient, I know everything"?

He's so wrong.

I'm over 250,000 words into this 'verse, and I still have no idea what Chambliss is. NONE.

I'm thinking some sort of Fae, but what sort, what his history is, and why on earth he's working for Alex Jarrett?

Seriously, I have no idea. *headdesks repeatedly*

And, while I'm glad this gives me room to play with the character and give him something actually interesting to do vis a vis helping Ben out with his numerous problems, I'm not sure this is a good thing. Because isn't this thing complicated enough?

ARGH.

Comments

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

I believe you will find that many great authors have left themselves jost this sort of room with secondary characters. Who knows, maybe someday Chambliss will whisper his story in your ear and you'll have a whole other book. :)

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome.

You know... that backstory could be the basis for a WotF entry...

*ponders*

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Perhaps he's an android - an escapee from a theme park.

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[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Hee.

I've since realized that he can't possibly be Fae, at any rate--because of that whole issue of the arsenal he has hidden in his boss's basement, and the fact that the Fae are highly allergic to cold iron. So. He's something else.

I still have to figure out just what.

Strange but true

[johncwright.livejournal.com]

"I'm over 250,000 words into this 'verse, and I still have no idea what Chambliss is. NONE."

Do not worry. The muse will provide. I had no idea who the crazy old man that confronts Phaethon in the first chapter of my novel THE GOLDEN AGE was, none at all, until he intruded himself into an unexpected scene in the last chapter, and was talking with Daphne -- indeed, I was actually typing the paragraph where he reveals his true identity, and did not find out his true identity until after I read what I'd typed.

By the bye, I adore the Muppet version of Dickens' ghost story.

Re: Strange but true

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Well, I wish my Muse would stop snarfing down chocolate-covered ants and absinthe and let me know what's going on here.

Of all the versions of "A Christmas Carol," the Muppet version is superior in every way. Trufax.