#PennedPossibilities 619 2/2— What type of “accent” does your MC have? Tell us about their voice. Discuss speech patterns, vocabulary, slang, or their way of speaking, if you like.

OMG! After reading everybody's very interesting replies, it struck me.

As per her backstory, the daughter of an immigrant, she must have an accent.

Yes, she does. In the story, Thorn Rose's mother is also refugee. Think a peasant Jew snuggled out from Nazi Germany speaking German and Yiddish. Thorn looks like the "race" in power in the nation, think 1960s Anglo-Saxon Protestant white bread, but when she speaks she's discriminated against.

The male MC, Streak, encounters the accent first in the story and now I'm going to have to revise that chapter. When he is dragged to meet a bellicose ambassador in a very disruptive meeting, he can't help but recognize Thorn Rose's mother's accent.

It's draconic.

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#WordWeavers 3.17 — How organized are your characters?

This is a fantastic prompt.

Here's a few:

• Governor Tarkin: He's a clever man. He's prepared for any outcome. He's forever organized to a fault when it comes to notes and battle strategy. His home, however? Or his personal quarters aboard the ship? Both are clean and organized as well. (His wife keeps his home clean.)
• Lady Nolana Disa: Halfway organized. She's always prepared but never sure of what's to come. She lives out of a suitcase as well.
• Director Orson Krennic: Messy notes on his datapad, clean living quarters. He's a contradiction.
• Emperor Palpatine: He is, of course, an organized man, but only because everyone else "cleans" for him.
• Lord Vader: Does it even need explaining?

#WordWeavers 3.16 — If someone reads your book in the far future, are there themes or influences they’d identify as relevant to our time?

This dark romance tale differs from many. It's from the POV of the Empire (the villains). As for themes, let's list a few.

• Self-discovery
• Survival
• Tragedy
• Love
• Tradition

#WordWeavers 3.13 — If your MC was a music genre, what genre would they be?

Lady Disa would be pure death metal. Hands down, no contest. Governor Tarkin (and this is canon to what he likes) would be classical music. The terrifying kind that leaves your heart pounding.

Random, maybe, but both of those genres are ones that I adore.

#WordWeavers 3.12 — Does your MC love the spotlight or try to pass unnoticed?

Governor Tarkin loves it. He revels in it. Lady Disa, however, tries to avoid it. She's a Sith, so it does her no good whatsoever and it only makes her uncomfortable.