Characters

  • Characters,  Deep Dives,  Geektastic,  Movies & TV,  Nerdy Knowledge

    Lovecraft Country: What’s in a name?

    This entry is going to be about the names in the television series, some of which differ from the book. Atticus Turner becomes Atticus Freeman, to match his father and uncle, and Caleb Braithwhite, who doesn't exist in the show, becomes Christina Braithwhite instead. I assume these changes were made to make the family relationships a little more clear as well as emphasize the racial and gender conflicts in the series. In both the book and the television show, the names are the first things that I noticed. Before we get into the episodic deep dives, this is background information that you should know.

  • Characters,  Writerly Resources,  Writing

    Clarification…

    Back in 2010, I wrote a series of blogs called “The questions I ask myself…” which was, not surprisingly, about questions I ask myself about characters.  If you want a reference, go here, here, and here.  Apparently, someone went through the series the other day because I received this question: Is this how you start your characters or end your characters?  I’m trying to get started writing a novel and I’m not sure where to begin. Unfortunately, as the email wasn’t signed and it was one of those string-of-numbers@qq emails, I have absolutely no idea who sent the question.  Whoever it was, thanks for asking.  I’m always happy to answer…

  • Characters,  Geektastic,  Movies & TV,  Personal

    On Apparently Being Penelope Garcia

    I was having a conversation with a former student the other day that started off like this: Former Student: “Ms. K, I know you’ve got to like Criminal Minds.  It’s a well-written cop show about the psychology of crazy that uses quotes at the beginning and the end.” Me: Yes, it’s probably my favourite show.  While I’ve been sick, it’s pretty much all I’ve been watching. (I’ve written about my love of cop shows in general and Criminal Minds in particular in a former blog entry here.  I’ve also brought up quotes in 1, 2, and 3 different entries). FS:  Anybody ever told you you’re Penelope Garcia? Me: Yes, actually.…