First and foremost, Tweet and I had an interview over on Manuel Arbanassi’s blog! GCNetwork is always full of great stuff, but we were lucky enough to get the Main Character interview by the #CharactersTell man himself! How exciting!

Bebe promises to hold off on treating him as the last 15, so #16 gets to survive unscathed for another day. Tweet’s interview is here!

Plus, if you’re not following me on Twitter, you’re missing out! There was a 7/7/7 challenge going around, where you go into your WIP, go to page 7, find the 7th line, and post the following 7 lines… I was tagged twice, so here’s what I have! No particular order, of course, can’t make it too easy.

That last one may very well be the one related to Tweet’s interview, and may or may not answer a question she artfully dodged… You’ll have to read to find out!

Speaking of #CharactersTell, this month, my chars took on a mini story of their own…

¼- *Bounces in wearing bunny ears and tail on her cargo pants, sports bra top mostly keeping her modest* “Hi! Who writes Red Letters? Why (spoiler) of course.” *Tilts head* “You don’t know Bebe’s the name? Or the Niirraa! girl to most others.”

2/4- Bebe- *Wickedly smirks* “Nira and I took turns finding and hiding the eggs. We also found some jello egg shots, so the party got so much better after that. My favorite had to be the vibrating egg…”

¾- Bebe- “Alcohol. I grill with alcohol and love seeing that pink color rise… wait… you’re talking about food?” *rolls eyes and takes a swig* “We have a chef for that, and I am not allowed near open flames anymore.” *someone coughs “pyro”*

4/4- Bebe-“Where’s the chicken option?” *giggles manically after another swig of a dark liquor* “I prefer a certain duck anyway, or sugar. Can you count cake as a veggie?”

5/4- Bebe- *looks around, realizing there’s no one to show off for/pick on yet* “Solid chocolate egg, which followed a solid bunny..” *peoples movements* “All from Tweety’s stash in her room! Dust bunnies as big as choco ones!” *ducks flying choco egg while laughing*

6/4- Bebe- “Define camping? Because Nira and I do a lot of stuff with camping equipment, but if you mean going out in the woods and sleeping in tents… No. Lots of people wish we would, but I worry about making bear mating calls by accident.”

7/4- Bebe-“Mostly keep me from getting too close to it. I think there’s fear, as they know what I can do with rope and a can of whipped cream without anything dangerous like fire added to the mix. Nira worries I would set clothes on fire. It only happened once…”

8/4- *we see a popular club’s security footage on laptop* “I swear, sometimes it’s so easy to catch up on lost time.” *looks around different dark and empty club* I bet no one even remembers me, but I remember you. (Is Tim watching #MCchat tonight? Tweet’s there!)

9/4- “Nothing I do is weird to me. It’s all of you, with your judgments and social standards. Label me some Dom sort, whatever. Certain people need proper training, even down city streets.”

10/4- “I indulge myself with what I want. However, I am gentleman enough to know your limits and only just push you over them. That’s regimented quite well for maximum effect.”

11/4- “Chocolate is a reward for the weak and needy. I will train you to enjoy a job well done only.”

12/4- “Never considered them scary stories if they are true. What do I care if others find them repulsive or terrifying? I do my job well.”

13/4- “Hate pranks, nearly went to blows after the boys brought back the wrong girl, but in the end, it worked out as my best possible leverage for what I actually wanted all along. All’s well that ends well, even if they got demoted and are barely lucky to live on.”

14/4- (A lot of movies Tim can’t mention in public.. mid list of titles is…) “Fear, ‘96 with that Wahlberg, and a young sweet Reese Witherspoon. Great movie.”

15/4- (Nira) dashes thru, in his semi-fancy suit and vest, missing a coat and cane. In blacks and greens, he ducks behind the bar, top hat shifting about, as he works, mumbling about the computer network. There’s a reason why he’s the behind the scenes co-owner until he’s not…

16/4- “Dang it Bebe, why do you keep taking my tools?” Reaches around the bar, using makeshift tools instead “Don’t you know the networks under attack? Trolls everywhere again.”

17/4- A puff of smoke comes up in waves, from an e-pipe, Nira too engrossed to answer, a slightly robotic voice adds “He’s from here, even if Nira acts like a native of the planet *freaking* strange” lucky for us, static blurred the clarity of a certain word…

18/4- “Science save me, this is a great bit of code…” Nira continues to talk to himself, enjoying rooting out whatever is going on with the clubs camera system, puffing on that e-pipe. Smoker habit for sure.

19/4- puts a laptop on the bar, restarting things with a bit of a flourish, Nira just realizes you’re here. “Huh? Oh, you can be a well contained lavish lifestyle for sure. Look at the palace I live in here” at the bar/nightclub

20/4- “Active? I don’t know, I feel like you should ask Bebe this one, she knows the answer best…” On reboot of the system, a demonic looking rubber duck lifts its head on Nira’s shoulder.

21/4- “Ummm” Nira pauses, not all that great dealing with new customers or people in general. The same robotic voice yells “Questions!” in time to the duck’s flapping beak.

22/4- “I’m just a duck!” The red robotic rubber ducky squeaked, “A little devil, demonic SOB, that dammed duck, answer anything that needs answering, even jerk…” Nira reaches up and closes the flapping beak, for quiet. “You know that’s not how this works right?”

23/4- “I’m not allowed outside this bar, how the hell should I know?” Rolling digital eyes inside the oval eye shape, the duck tried for nice. “If this bar is a tourist place, it’s f*****g packed like a plug in a…” (the duck is used to this sort of suppression)

24/4- “I love when these girls assume I’m just some cute toy they remember from long ago and hug me to their chest. Nicest place I go a night, until they hate me. Why is it my fault I’m too sexy for you toots?”

25/4- “Are you staring at me? Am I terrifying you so badly your ears don’t work?” The rubber duck’s wings flap, whacking Nira’s cheek. “I live in a dammed bar, that’s the *bleep*ing nightlife around here!!” (someone needs a soap mouthwash)

26/4- “I love parties! Get a few drunk aholes together, scare them by moving, good times! Love the one time someone dressed up as a big pool float version of me, pure chaos!”

27/4- “Judging by how much this fancy fink* spends on clothes, technology and experiments, dammed* fine.” The duck tries to nibble on Nira’s expensive duds (*unaware of the slight changes to his mini-rants.)

28/4- “Mountains. Definitely cushy mountains I can dive into and disappear” Duck gets Nira’s attention “Hey dumb dum*! Where’s that girlfriend of yours? The one that doesn’t hate me? Love to see her about now.” (*edited)

29/4- Bebe and Nira- *looks at each other* B- “Oh all the time, and we don’t really stop playing until it’s mutually assured "wins” for both of us… unless the old man here falls asleep first.“

30/4- Antag- Tim- "I work alone.”

         BG- Duck- “I may be an A***ole, but I don’t work with them. Everybody only has one for a reason. Too much shite otherwise.”

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As promised, we have but 2 songs left in the WIPTunes game, so what’s a monthly wrap up without finishing them up? Super sad to see this won’t continue on, it was a great idea!

29- There are so many options, including wanting to maybe play a bond like epic song, but the best fit for book one? Ray Charles- Somebody Ought To Write A Book About It. Sets the series scene…

30- Last flash of inspiration came from @awakeatlastrock, Purgatorium basically made me decide that yes the second book needs another band, doesn’t work without it, and this song-filled in some gaps for me!

And of course, if you have been following the blog, you know that Nano Camp was a success, even if pitching wasn’t, so with any luck the first book will be done soon!