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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

#WordWeavers 5/27. Do you specifically design your characters, or do they develop as you write?

It depends.

As a pantser I start with, for example, "acrobat in a travelling circus" or "brilliant Anglo-Indian going home", and a name. Then off we go.

My new WIP, CAT PEOPLE, will be plotted to within an inch of its life - because it's very complicated with multiple POVs and throughlines all of which have to end in the same place and at the same time.

For this I do more planning of characters. The actual MC is Sikh, which then required a lot of additional research to ensure what I intend is respectful. But then I'm pushing boundaries.

She's female, of course, but her sexual preferences may or may not become relevant - and that's a potentially contentious point.

The same work goes into all the primary POVs.

However they still develop as I write. I never bother with personality breakdowns - that will come out naturally as things happen.

CW: Eye contact

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

#WordWeavers 5/20. Other than injuries, do your characters ever have health issues?

Sure.

I do have characters getting ill, sometimes for violent reasons and sometimes because people just do. Even my epic fantasy has a "slice-of-life" style.

Then there's Veronica and her kyphosis, a chronic back deformation which means she's in pain most of the time and can't do a lot of things.

CW: Female nudity. This is one of my earliest renders but I like it. It tries to show Veronica's back curvature and she's holding her neck weirdly because of it.

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

Well that's been a day.

*TEST MY SHOP*

Finally got the first pack of downloadable wallpapers sorted out on Ko-Fi.

Unfortunately the image I'm using (a 3D render created by me) has been particularly annoying.

Hence it's taken all day.

The item in question is currently free, because I'm testing to make sure it all works.

So if *you* want to try it out (it'll cost you nothing) and maybe give me some feedback on whether it all works and you can access the files, it's here:

ko-fi.com/adaddinsane/shop

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

#WordWeavers 5/4. Describe something unusual/interesting about one of your characters’ looks or style.

Let's choose Veronica. She's the MC of my erotica series "Veronica's Life".

She has kyphosis, which is a form of spine curvature. She has trouble looking up without straining, and has chronic pain.

Being born in the late Victorian era there were lots of attempts to "straighten" her - many extremely painful - because she's a taint on the family, and eugenics was a big thing at the time.

When the attempts failed, her parents basically abandoned her - they're aristocrats and rich but they moved out of the mansion and left her alone with the servants (many are unpleasant and some cruel). She hasn't seen them in years.

Yup. Erotica.

Also steampunk and historically accurate (except where it isn't).

It's a story of self-discovery and empowerment.

An illustration showing four human figures (the same one) and the alignment of their spine. The middle left is shown side-on with the usual S-shape of the spine. The left one shows the spin more bent over at the top forcing the head to look down. Over this is the word "kyphosis" Middle right is the back view showing the normal straight spine. Far right has the spine bent to the right at the chest shoulder level. This is labelled "Scoliosis". The two middle figures are labelled "Normal spine".
Two women kissing in a dark room. A door behind them is open a fraction showing a sliver of a bedroom and window. A woman with blonde plaited hair and wearing a maid's uniform kisses a dark-haired woman wearing nothing but a nightdress. A scene inspired by the book series "Veronica's Life" written by me (under a pen-name).
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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

#WritersCoffeeClub 4/20. What rôle does religion play in your writing?

When I'm writing historical it's important and included, though that doesn't mean characters aren't sceptical - some are, some aren't.

In one series, the MC is called the avatar of Durga Ma by a guru who's trying to overthrow the British in India. And people latch on to it, calling her a goddess - which she hates although is not above using it from time to time.

My fantasy world has a complex set of religions though you don't see them much, they also change over time. The "World's Pattern" is a big thing as is the Mother. Then a character gets called the Daughter, which she also hates. (Is this a pattern?) Non-humans have their own belief systems.

In CAT PEOPLE the MC, Geeta Kholi (pictured), has been brought up in the Sikh tradition, and some of the action is based around the local gurdwara.

Yeah, religions definitely play a part because people are always people.

A young woman wearing a headscarf, t-shirt, denim jacket and jeans.
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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

#WordWeavers 4/20. If someone gave you a million dollars (or equivalent) to never write again, would you take it?

Would I be tempted? Yes.

Would I do it? No.

There's an argument that says I could switch to 3D rendering but I cannot help but tell stories so I'd want to be writing comics. That doesn't work either.

In regard to this image, the speech bubble is literally part of the 3D scene, it wasn't added afterwards.

A female-shaped robot wearing a lacy dress and with glasses and a sun hat sitting in the shade on an old park bench. She was reading a book until you arrived but now she's looking at you over her glasses with an interesting smile on her face. There's a speech bubble and she's saying "See something you like?"
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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

#WordWeavers 4/19. Have you ever learned something about yourself from your characters?

Not exactly but the realisation I was bi (after 57 years) was triggered by an extremely powerful (unrelated) scene I was writing.

It just made so much sense.

Image CW: Female nudity and implied violence

This image is a representation of the above-mentioned scene. It is not what it looks like.

The female character was not unwilling but neither is it BDSM (the male character was *not* willing). It's very complicated.

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

#WritersCoffeeClub 4/15. **World Art Day!** What visual artist is most present in your work?

Probably me.

EDIT: Just going to expand on that.

In my imagination my stories have always been 3D full-colour motion pictures. I could never re-create that so I started writing them down. I just write down the story as I imagine it happening.

It's one reason I've always had a strong interest in 3D graphics starting back in the 80s.

Then the world finally caught up with me, and now I *can* create versions of what I imagine.

CW: Eye-contact.

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