I can't get inside her head because of the way the book is structured, but somehow getting her perspective on the entire conflict is an awesome idea. I'll have to think about the best way to do it, but I'm excited about it already. Thanks for the excellent advice!

Really good point. Due to the racial tensions in the book she was never going to be white, but I do automatically picture her as pretty. I need to think harder about that.

I have two protagonists, one male and one female. One has been fairly carefree about rebelling and has been in it for the thrill, while the other has been afraid to join in for fear of making things worse. The death has an opposite effect on each of them: the hothead starts to see the consequences of fighting, while…

Hmm. Here's my predicament: The government in this society is oppressive. My two protagonists (male and female) are actively engaged in fighting the government, and they're both fully aware of the consequences if they're caught. Spies, rabblerousers, well...you hear about their deaths all the time. Then there's a…

I just want to chime in with the other voices here. The tendency is to think that the skin is a topical problem and needs a topical solution. But it's just as likely that the cause is something internal - diet, pills, etc. - and the solution is as well.

Thanks! (And from a published author, no less!) This is my first, and it is complicated, and I tend to second-guess a lot of the particulars. It's set in the 1800s, so while I've got to work within some societal constraints, I put a lot of the same effort into considering whether a character has to be white/male/cis,…

"Unisex ways to be killed" is a great point. I get annoyed that the default method of torturing a woman is rape, whereas the torture options for male characters (while gruesome) almost never go there. I hadn't considered the "only female character" aspect of the WiR trope, but you're right. I've got plenty of women in…

No problem. Good luck! (Suerte!)

Okay, I'm hoping someone pulls me out of the gray because I really want to dig into this with a bunch of extremely intelligent and well-informed peeps. (Y'all.)

"Why—do you need to borrow a tampon?"

There are generally Spanish-speaking people in most communities who are looking to improve their English; a lot of libraries offer courses taught by volunteers (or might be good resources for finding those opportunities). If you can find a native Spanish-speaker who wants to learn English, the two of you can set up an…

Nah, we see it through Catelyn, plus Dany had a prophecy about a sad king with a wolf's head. I'm willing to call that conclusive. :)

I guess I feel about Jon Snow the way you felt (and I also felt) about Brienne and Arya. My general rule in murder mysteries and SFF is that no one is truly dead unless I see a decapitated body.

It's like the lovechild of Bill the Butcher's glass eye and the Eye of Sauron.

Good grief that guy is annoying. I'm sure if you met him in real life he'd be scared shitless, hence all the keyboard posturing.

Amen. The worst part of that is that my activities aren't even a good indicator of what I want in a partner. I want personal qualities - kind, smart, loyal, even-tempered, funny. I want similar world views and life goals. I could give two shits whether we share the same taste in music, art, food, movies, bowling, or…

Human rights > American rights, because human > American.

Yeah, I gotta agree. How is this anything but a rehash of the "You've got such a pretty face!" attitude towards plus-size women?

These are actual GOPers saying actual dopey things. I lack the skills/software to turn them into art. Feel free!

I think I get the point you're trying to make, which is that there are certain areas of Texas where people have to uphold the law themselves rather than waiting for police intervention. That makes sense to me, and I can see how you can't just walk up to a nighttime robber with a copy of the law and ask them politely…