A few weeks ago I blogged about Beorn, the point of view character in my novel, They Came From Shadows (click here if you missed it).

Today I’m going to talk a bit more about another important character in the book, a boy whose worth increases with every page of the book. He is also the second and last pov character.

Sven, the younger brother of the woman chosen to care for the injured Beorn, experiences the arrival and influence of the warrior on the village from a unique persp...

This morning I reached the middle of my second draft of my very first novel, and the idea of introducing you to my first pov character clobbered me over the head.

Here follows a quick summary of one of my two main characters (his goals, values, obstacles etc.):

Beorn, a warrior of the Marsi tribe, is in his mid-thirties. After being mortally injured in a battle between the Germanic tribes and the Romans, he somehow comes back to life and is taken in by the Bructeri tribe.

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After roughly twenty days of writing, I’ve finished the first, and extremely rough, draft of my very first novel.

It only stands on about 30 000 words (which is about half of what I’m aiming at), but I haven’t included any descriptions or thoughts in my first draft. For now I’ve basically just written down the actual story, getting the plot down on paper. There are also a few key scenes that I just wrote down in a sentence or two, knowing that I’d only end up rewriting them on...

The first week went by in a flash, although it’s actually only been five days. But I’m happy to report I went well over my intended word count.

I had a change of heart just before putting the first word down, and decided to write the book in third person. Due to the fact that it benefits the story better, it just made more sense that way.

At the moment I am 15000 words in, so everything is going to schedule. There were a few moments where fear and a lack of confidence started...

Six o’ clock on a Friday morning and I am wide awake. And yes, I am on holiday. So why have I been awake since four, you might ask. Let’s call it anticipation. Perhaps ‘excitement’ sounds a bit more appropriate.

After writing fifty seven short stories, of which thirty five have been published and eighteen are still taking space on the desks of editors from all over the world, I’ve finally decided to write my first novel. I’ve tested the novel-writing waters for the last few m...