I got everything but the storyboarding and plot grid finished today for Otherworld. I didn't make out character profiles, but I did nail down what type of character each one is. I use the Archetype system, which you can find on Tami Cowden's site. Click on the word Archetypes on the left.

I'm moderating the March Writing Challenge for Los Angeles Romance Authors, my local chapter of RWA. We have a great bunch of women who are jumping in and trying to just do pure writing. I gave them all a quote today from Khalil Gibran that I'd like to share. The idealism and the truth of it is inspiring.

When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.