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  1. #PennedPossibilities 366
    What is your SC likely to take away from a painful experience?

    It really depends on the book. In "Pompeii Fire," Claudia is the main secondary character. She's a fairly traditional young woman in the ancient Roman period. However, when a long-wished for event takes place and doesn't turn out as she hoped, she still figures out a way to gain some satisfaction. To say more is to deliver spoilers.

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  2. #PennedPossibilities 330 — How does your MC go about expressing or not expressing their sexuality?

    Suetonius, like many gladiators, is pimped out by his lanista -- and he's very popular with the clients. When he falls hard for Drusilla, his experience is translated into tenderness.

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  3. #PennedPossibilities 320 — What was the worst event of your MC's childhood?

    Drusilla's father leaves her, at age 6, to be fostered by Julia Felix in Pompeii. She's lost her mother in the 62 AD earthquake, and now her father's disappearing as well -- because he doesn't want to be hampered by a little girl while he establishes a new business (and life) in nearby, wealthy Herculaneum. Drusilla's only companion for the moment is Invictus, her puppy ... but she becomes friends with Julia's daughter Claudia. Still, she's effectively orphaned for convenience.

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  4. #WordWeavers 20: How did you settle on your antagonists' appearances?

    In "Pompeii Fire," my antagonist is an actual, documented person: Stephanus, the fuller. Now, he may have been the nicest guy in town for all any of us know ... but not in my book. He's way older than my female protagonist (he's her father's age), and wants to marry her. He's not particularly good-looking, and he's always trying to hide that his hair is thinning. But the worst part of him really is his odious personality.

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