Claire Belmonte in the studio and the gym.
Claire Belmonte Working it Out
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Claire & Her Porter Cousins
Claire reconnects with her family in Terminus: Resurgens. Work in progress.
Resurgens: Claire & Ernie Meet the Fredericks (Updated)
Claire meets with newly found family.
Resurgens: Christine & Cousins
Christine Messner dreads returning home with her parents.
Resurgens: Claire and Melissa
Claire meets a relative with difficult questions.
Resurgens: Claire’s Bad News
Claire receives bad news about her mother, Selma.
Author’s Intent, Character Motivation
Creating rich and complex characters means listening to them, even when their motivations are unclear.
Author’s Intent, Character Names
What’s in a character’s name?
Author’s Intent: Expanded Universe
My Expanded Universe of Fictional Atlanta came about when I realized a character I created for a play I was writing in 2011 was the same individual maligned by the lead character in a novel I had shelved around 2000. That novel, Boom Town, featured a character named David Cairo (pronounced “kay-ro” like the Georgia … Continue reading Author’s Intent: Expanded Universe
Author’s Intent: Worthy
In 2016, I serialized the rough outline of a story entitled Worthy on my blog. It originally consisted of fifty parts, covering the life and times of Abigail Worthy, a character from a play I was writing, Another Mother. Early in 2017, I was notified that the play had been chosen by The Essential Theatre … Continue reading Author’s Intent: Worthy