I'm still reading my book on Polynesian mythology. I'm finding some of the information very interesting, but my heroine (and her hero) still aren't talking to me. It's very frustrating because I can sense them there and I want to know what their story is, but I get nothing. I'm wondering if this is payback because I made her go away while I was writing In the Midnight Hour?
It's very frustrating because until one of my characters tells me or shows me what's going on, I'm clueless. Right now, I'm wishing I was one of those writers who was able to come up with the story, but it's never worked that way for me.
I might have mentioned this before, but take Midnight Hour as an example. I had the premise behind Deke's curse years ago, but I had nothing beyond that. It was a cool idea and one I wanted to write, but not only couldn't I hear Deke, I had no clue who his heroine was. Fast forward to Ryne's appearance. When she came in, she told me about her people. Lots and lots of information about her people. I didn't know for a long time that she was Deke's heroine. As soon as I realized that was who she was, the story started coming together.
So here I sit, reading the mythology book and waiting for this heroine to give me more than the fact that she's half Tahitian. I guess it doesn't much matter, though, since I have revisions coming and that would shunt her aside again anyway. It's just that my curiosity is driving me crazy!
