30DoW: Day 19

19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!

Can I cop out on two answers in a row? No? Fine...

I'm gonna pick Martin Carmichael from the Noir story. Originally the only reason he even got a name was because I couldn't have everyone be nameless in what became the first chapter (which now is going to need a rewrite), and he was only one of two who got that privilage. He was the lucky one, the other guy Charlie got kicked in gut.

Then, when I was inspired to continue the story, he popped in again as one of two body guard/enforcers who stay in Rachel's building. In that was a line that said he had been around the longest, and suddenly his name got bumped up a few notches on the title card. He became one of the first recruits when Rachel broke into her own, and functions as her voice to the lower ranks, allowing her to keep herself invisible as much as possible. Martin isn't a boss, but almost acts as advisor/speaker for Rachel; he's also one of the few who can question her outright, and she trusts him enough to let him question whether or not continuing a relationship with a cop is a worth what will happen if it turns sour. He loves her, but in a protective way; he is gay, after all.

Title Avalanche

For those who don't maybe know, I start a lot of projects; stupidly, because there are many beyond what I can actually focus on at one time. Part of this is because my mind wanders (with tracking chip installed) often and comes up with ideas that are interesting. But because of over work, I have a pretty good collection of story titles, some in use, others needing to be started... and then those that I don't even have anything for, just a title.

So, because I feel like doing more than just letting the 30DoW meme do all the work here, I'm going to list (because lists are fun) those that I have. Enjoy.

- The Blackberry Wall
- Tigress (alt. Tai-lan, the Tiger Princess)
- In the Wake of Kings
- Amery Lampkin, the Not-Captain
- Lightning's Child
- Little Red Riding Wolf
- Trader Wood
- Kareen
- Lord Crow
- Search of the Silence
- A Noir Story (working title)
- Pearl Moon
- Whisper
- Stormblades
- The Smoke Dancer
- Psycho, My Own
- Gothic Cross
- T.R.O. (Technotronic Rock Operatic)
- Network
- The Three Little Pimps (eh, why not, I'll list it)
- eeh, there's anther dozen or so titles, but they're from stories that are so old it dips back into when I tried my hand at fanfiction

Yeesh, writing all those out makes it look like I have no drive. And it's not that (I swear), I'd just rather get something down on paper/drive and let it sit instead of letting it fester in my head while I try to work on something else. It helps, sorta, that not all those are whole books, most of what's in the middle are short stories meant to go together in a collection; then again, Tigress and Amery were among that collection, and they went through a creative mitosis of their own to become larger than their part. Bastards.

If anyone has any questions about any of these, let me know.