Merging Characters

I am so not happy.  I wrote this entire blog and then *poof* the silly thing disappears in cyber space!  Arrggghhhh!!  I KNOW this won't be the best blog I can write . . . because I already wrote it!
--sometimes I hate blogger!

I spent the last couple of weeks merging two characters. Why would a writer do this?

Well, there are many reasons.  First, the character isn't pulling his/her weight. Second, they aren't moving the story forward. In other words, they are simply superfluous. 

When I finished my final edit of GNOME, I had to come up with a series name.  I didn't have a name.  I didn't like my first ten ideas, but then I came up with THE GOBLIN'S APPRENTICE.  I had to make the goblin appear in the first book--oops.  He didn't show up until page 50 of FAERIE.  It wasn't hard tweaking GNOME, but cleaning up the mess in FAERIE was a nightmare. Two weeks later, I managed it!  Yay!
I spent the last couple days re-editing the first 60 pages of FAERIE (again!) to get rid of the clunkiness of the writing.

But the worst is over and I can continue editing to have FAERIE up and ready to go by May 1.  I just hope my artist has a cover for me by then . . . she's suffering some issues, too! 

Pushing through . . .
Later, Peeps.