Category: Character Development
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Meet Mab: Will Young’s Talking Raven
An exciting new character in Adrift on the Tide is Will Young’s pet raven, Mab. Ravens are common in Nova Scotia. You can find them throughout the province near roadsides, in forests, and in urban areas, where they often feed on waste and garbage. I have often spotted them, while…
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Unique Nova Scotia Words
Writing dialect is always a challenge for a writer. The Nova Scotia accent shares a lot with that of New England. R’s are often dropped, turning words like father into fatha. The a is nasal. But an author cannot write the entire dialogue that way. If you try to write…
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Making Hypothermia Real
When writing a challenging character experience that I have not had directly, I always start with my personal experience, then I consult the facts, and last, I try to talk to someone who has experienced it. Being Cold I have never had hypothermia, thank heavens, but I have been very…
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Characters in Lost Beneath the Tide
Here are some descriptions of the main characters in Lost Beneath the Tide, book 2 in the Tide Harbor series Catarina (Cat) Silva – Feisty marine biologist Cat Silva arrives in Tide Harbor to study the pollution levels caused by fish farming. She is an instructor in the biology department…
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Character Names
Choosing names for each character in a novel is grand fun, but also painstaking work. The names have to be unique, fit the character’s personality, and reflect any heritage they have. They also have to sound very different. There is nothing more confusing than reading a story with characters with…
Tide Harbor Suspense by Zara West 