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  • BLOG: Creating the Character- The Phantom Train

    One of the surprising things about the Phantom Train is that the train itself is a character, as much a character as any other in the book.   It is conscious of what it does, where...

  • BLOG: Creating the Character - The Conductor

    One of the more interesting characters of the Phantom Train is its conductor.  I won't lie, this is a slight nod to one of my favorite books of all time, Polar Express.  In a way,...

  • BLOG: Creating the Character - Daryl Dawson

    I think of all my characters in Phantom Express, Daryl is the one that has changed the most and probably for the best.  In the beginning his character was another kid, a bully, who had...

  • BLOG: Creating the Character - Jessie

    I think of the five characters in the book, Jessie is the one so much like my real self.  She is quiet, more reasoning than Justin.   Where he is my desire of something I wasn't,...

  • BLOG: Deciding on Characters - Justin Dawson

    In a way Justin Dawson is an allegory for some of the things I wished for after I was grown.  I wanted to be a more mischievous child, to have a twin or a younger...

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