User blog comment:SaynaSLuke/Stolen Tears/@comment-26879391-20151212231642/@comment-7662967-20151213031444

XD I love how everybody's like .. Romsca's dying? In the prologue .. SAYNA HOW COULD YOU?? ok. Well .. I won't say if she is or if she's not >:) Because I'm evil :P

Yes, I love my Asian influence ^^ Well, to be honest, I thought about Spanish, and .. a few of the first ideas still shine through subtly. But then I read this book about medieval China/Japan and I thought it would be cool to lean more in that direction, since Sampetra is probably the farthest eastern part of the Redwall world. :)

'Destiny' would have been Nordic/Russian. I'm actually writing the characters into my own original story, which is going to make it hard for me to actually write the Redwall version. :( But IDK. Maybe I'll find a way to do both. (However .. we will see a breath of 'Destiny' culture in the second book of TotO .. brought by our good friends Clecky and Hood)

'The Challenger' ... *hehe* I don't even know yet. I thought for Cluny's horde, there would be a heavy Italian/Grecian influence, but as for Redwall .. it's kind of .. Redwall. However, Ivy comes from somewhere too .. and I'm still figuring these things out.

Yes, little Romsca is fairly innocent and cheerful .. sadly, all of that is stripped away at the end of this book. The final echoes of her true self are found in her writing, and her hidden artwork .. she spends most of the next books finding the side of her that Ublaz very nearly killed. Awww yes *hugs Val, Xzaris, and Rasconza* They all have such hard roads ahead :'( Oh dear .. yes, Val. Val is actually a good friend of mine in 4H .. who is normally hyper and overwhelming :P

Yes, Grath and family! (Grath's another friend of mine .. very different from Val) XP And we'll see more of her and her family soon, too :)

Well .. these Monitors are anyway .. ^^

Well .. if I'd done a better job in Accused you would've, but ... *facedesk* I've got to edit TViT and DmS still. Yes, elderly .. wise .. and cranky .. XP She has her snappish moments. :P Martin will be better than Veil (I hope) I so fouled up with Veil .. but at least I learned better from it. <_< As I say, I may be changing some things in Accused *facedesk and double facedesk*

Be very worried for Holt Lutra. And do remember I have chosen to open up the 'villians' as the 'heroes' in a way .. this book is .. unlike anything I've ever written. It's a big step from my normal stories, in a way .. and I hope to do it well :) Ublaz's 'crystal ball' has more to do with those monocles then you might imagine *hehe* :D

It should be swashbuckling .. nerve racking .. and tear bringing .. provided I do it correctly. This story is to be .. hopefully, the crowning jewel of my work. So. If you find something that feels .. fake, out of place, two dimensional, or a fail .. please tell me :)