1. How distinctive is your character's voice? How did you develop it? Fanny / Faelyn is very distinctive, very feminine, but resonates in the lower register as far as women's voices go. I wish I could say that I developed her voice, but actually she came as part of the personal spiritual practice that I have of listening to one's own ancestors, which makes her entirely different from the other characters...

Tonight, tell us about your favorite historical periods, and how (if at all) they have affected the way in which you write. Do your characters favour antique modes of speaking or fashion that is out-of-date? (Immortal/long-lived characters in particular may find a lot to answer here.) I have a number of historical periods that I write or have written quite frequently. The most I have done is set...

41.2 – Pandora’s Box. OOC: Warning for sensitive subject matter in the case file. Previous: Ch.1 Ch.2 Ch.3 Ch.4 Ch.5 Ch.6 CHAPTER SEVEN The findings of the medical examiner were both informative and facts that Gil had already suspected. After waiting for just over four hours, Gil was allowed inside the offices. Back in the States he would have had clearance to go in anywhere...

65.5 - Make a list of things you need to come to terms with. 1. How far I’ve allowed myself to slip. 2. The world is unfair and the odds are rarely in our favor. 3. Warrick’s death. 4. Heather. 5. Sara. 6. Ernie Dell and Natalie Davis. 7. Ben Jennings. 8. My hearing is slipping again. This time it can’t be stopped. 9. I can’t be the voice everyone (even the dead) when I have no voice for myself...

78.6 – Dynamic OOC: Warning for sensitive subject matter in the case file. Previous: Ch.1 Ch.2 Ch.3 Ch.4 CHAPTER FIVE The trek through the brush to get to the find in question wasn’t a long one. For several yards Gil pushed through the thick brush, gloved hands guiding it to one side or the other to give him room to walk through it with Mickey and Silas. When they reached the site...

40.4 – What are the odds? OOC: Warning for sensitive subject matter in the case file. Previous: Ch.1 Ch.2 Ch.3 CHAPTER FOUR The problem with starting a new ground search was that the case in question was almost a year old. The area slated to be searched was filled with tall brush. The top soil beneath the brush would have shifted and changed by now. Over the course of getting the...

64.2 - Make a list of trends that you miss. 1. Innocence. 2. Change. 3. Contentment. 4. Understanding. 5. Amusement. 6. Honesty. Gil Grissom CSI: Las Vegas Comments

77.2.A – De omnibus dubitandom – Everything should be questioned. OOC: Warning for sensitive subject matter in the case file. Previous: Ch.1 Ch.2 CHAPTER THREE It was barely noon and the sun overhead blazed down on the Australian land hiking the temperatures close to record breaking numbers for the fourth day in a row. The air conditioner in the jeep did nothing for helping with the...

62.4 - A list of ways you're similar to the rest of your family. 1. We all have enjoyed learning and obtaining knowledge. 2. Each of us has had a tendency towards obsession. 3. None of us have been completely socially adept. 4. I have my mother’s otosclerosis. Gil Grissom CSI: Las Vegas Comments

75.6 - Accept OOC: Warning for sensitive subject matter in the case file. Previous: Ch.1 CHAPTER TWO The lecture had gone well enough. He knew that he attracted attendees on name alone and that not all of those listening to him were in the field of entomology. Many were scientists either in the field of forensics or not. Some were students trying to work their way up the ladder of the...