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Dale Boyd and girlfriend Leslie Johnson, owners of 26 dogs taken from an Olmstead home Friday March 1 for alleged neglect, have agreed to voluntarily surrender 14 of their animals to the Logan County Humane Society.
The couple came into the office of Logan County Attorney Joe Ross last Thursday and signed a release form turning over 14 dogs living outside their home. However, the couple says they want to keep 12 of the dogs that were living inside.
Boyd and Johnson were both charged last week with 26 counts each of cruelty to animals, second degree.
According to KRS 525.130, the couple allegedly caused cruel or injurious mistreatment through failing to provide adequate food, drink, or health care, and subjected animals in their custody to cruel neglect. Cruelty to animals in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor with a fine up to $500 and/or imprisonment up to 12 months.
The Humane Society contacted authorities on Thursday, Feb. 28, after receiving a tip there were numerous dogs that looked as if they were starving at the home of Boyd and Johnson. Logan County Animal Control Officer Travis Kodiak responded to the tip, and after investigating, found enough evidence to return with deputies of the Logan County Sheriff's Department along with the Logan County Humane Society, to take the dogs into custody.
Dogs were being kept inside the home as well as in an enclosed area around the back and side. One dog was found tied to a large chain several feet from the house. There were two sets of puppies living inside the home, along with their mothers and a aggressive pit bull. It is believed that two of the outside dogs are pregnant.
The dogs were taken to the Logan County Animal Shelter where they have been evaluated, fed, watered and given medical attention. Because the dogs are so weak, said Humane Society director Kathy Maddox, some medical attention is having to wait until they are stronger. Two of the dogs have tested positive for heartworm, a serious and potentially fatal condition caused by parasitic worms living in the arteries of the lungs and occasionally in the right side of the heart of dogs. Maddox said many of the dogs are anemic as well.
"Although Mr. Boyd and Ms. Johnson have agreed to release a portion of their dogs, the Humane Society will not be satisfied until all of the animals are allowed to find new homes," said Maddox. "It is very apparent the owners were not taking care of even the basic needs of their dogs. The Humane Society cannot not condone, nor support returning any of the 26 animals."
Maddox said even though Boyd and Johnson have surrendered 14 of the dogs, the society will not be moving them out of the shelter anytime soon.
"They are to unhealthy to adopt out at this time," said Maddox. "We are still feeding them slowly and are waiting for the veterinarians to complete more tests. We have to wait until they are healthy enough to receive medical attention before we can even think about them leaving for new homes."
Maddox said the community has been very supportive and donations have been coming in to help care for the 26 dogs.
"Our mission as a Humane Society is to provide a safe haven for animals, serve as an advocate, end animal overpopulation and educate the public about compassion and responsibility towards all animals," said Maddox. "How would we be doing our job if we supported returning any of these 26 dogs to their previous owners?"
Boyd and Johnson are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, March 13 at 1 p.m. at the Logan County Justice Center.


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'Mirabella V - still the largest sailing sloop ever built, now gutted' .
What happens when you own a boat that is too big to fit into the repair yards? The 75m Mirabella V may not be the longest yacht in the world now, but when the yacht with an 89m tall mast wanted British boat builder Pendennis to refit her, it was too big to fit their boatshed. This didn't faze Pendennis, used to pleasing clients - they simply cut a section out of the dry dock wall. They also plan to raise the roof and deepen the basin to accommodate larger works.
Mirabella V is still the largest sloop ever built and can't fit under any bridge it can sail to. Just lowering the mast to the deck would not be something that any boat builder could take on, as just the mast weighs 45 tonnes.
The refit is being undertaken by Pendennis after the yacht's US owner failed to find the personal service he was looking for on home soil. The boat has been gutted, with plans for new engines and higher ceilings.
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Not that Mirabella V was too bad to live on before, and the ceilings below decks were already 220cm. The whole boat was already a mélange of rich fabrics, wonderful wood, of all sorts of natural and technological materials.
'Mirabella V' was designed by Ron Holland, and the plans proudly hung on the walls of the boat. Everywhere, modern bookcases and containers effectively swapped space with carpets, modern paintings, antique prints, antique furniture, statues, books.
There were cabins called Turquoise, and Topaz. Linen on the partitions was in the colour that the name of the cabin suggested.
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The table in the dining area stood out over a maple flooring, and it was positioned within a design of inlaid teak and ebony. Exotic sculptures were everywhere, with oil paintings chosen by the previous owners.
But all that's gone now, ready for the refit.
About Pendennis and life after the 2008 financial crash:
Pendennis is a Cornwall-based company, specialising in custom-made yachts and refits, but it has moved more strongly into refitting boats after the market for new builds hit choppy waters in the wake of the 2008 financial crash.
Refitting a yacht is much faster and two-thirds cheaper than building a new one, which typically takes five years.
Pendennis director Stephen Hills told Express UK: 'The industry was overfuelled by demand. But then the bubble burst. Now we see a good market for servicing yachts.'
Despite the wider slump, the UK's £450 million-a-year superyacht sector has weathered the recession well by and large, with another steady performance expected this year. As well as yacht-making yards, the industry spans brokers, lawyers and designers and employs 3,500 people. Each new boat employs 350 people for two years directly and 2,450 people indirectly.
With the super-rich recovering from the financial crisis faster than other people, the outlook is shipshape. Wealthy Chinese, Russian and Arab buyers have started placing orders again and sparked a vogue for mega-yachts, those more than 90m in length. At this size the boats resemble mini-cruise ships.
Maybe Pendennis is getting ready for this sea change in favour of bigger boats by adapting its Falmouth yard.
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Social media is not something to be scared of. It's not something for those young whippersnappers. It's not a passing fad. It's here, it's now and it's not going away.
Once you embrace it, engage with it and really get your hands dirty with it, you'll see that it's a great tool, especially if you're in sales. In fact, a recent study shows that 78 percent of salespeople who use social media outsell their peers.
How do you get in on that bank? Forbes offers five ways:
Join a social media community and play nice—"Without misrepresenting yourself, create a persona that's likeable and trustworthy within that community," said Janet Fouts, a social media coach and chief executive of Tatu Digital Media. "If I think you're a jerk when I see you on a social media site, I'm not going to do business with you."
Figure out where your prospects are pooling—Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are the three biggest channels, but consider blogs, chat rooms and comment sections, too. "Find out where your market is having conversations first, and then go there," Fouts said.
Get yourself connected—"Conduct a search on each social networking website or use a resource like socialmention.com to find people who are talking about your industry or using related keywords," Fouts said. "Then comment on their posts, 'retweet' them, answer a question or share something they say. By contributing to their conversation you add value to their network."
Work on relationship building—It is no secret that sales rely on relationships. Without a good relationship, there won't be any ongoing business conducted. The key is to listen. "People share a lot of information, and if you monitor and listen to what they are saying, you will eventually be able to engage in a meaningful conversation with them," Fouts said. Which leads us to…
Employ conversations—"If you just write them a message with a pitch and a link to your website, they will be uninterested," Fouts said. "If you say, 'Here are some solutions to your problem, maybe my product or service can help,' they will know you care about them."
Now that you have some steps, let's look at that study to reinforce using social media for sales.
Mark Fidelman reports for Forbes that more than half (54 percent) of the study's participants who engage with social media "tracked their social media usage back to at least one closed deal."
"Over 40 percent said they closed between two and five deals as a result of social media and more than 10 percent of the respondents said, 'Yes, it directly contributes to my closes," Fidelman reported.
Do you use social media as part of your sales process? How does it affect your results? Please let us know in the comments.
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The human side of stories often gets lost in this era of big data and analytics. However, those human-based stories are the ones we remember the most. And there's a reason why, says Ira Glass, host of This American Life on National Public Radio.
"[In news] the serious and the funny are never allowed to collide," he said during a keynote speech at the 2007 Gel Conference. "If they were allowed to touch, it would be like matter and anti-matter. They're kept separate, and it's such a failure of craft. There's a fake gravitas that's sold in the aesthetic of the news. Most broadcast journalism makes the world seem much smaller than it is. By making stories whose aesthetic is surprise, it's reasserting the world to its proper size. The world is a place where surprise, pleasure, joy and humor exist. It makes things hopeful. The funny moment is often the most revealing."
Glass says his program aims to portray people at exactly human scale, and that is what makes the stories good.
"In its most basic form, a story is just a sequence of actions," he said. "It's not about logic. It's not about argument. It's about motion. It's not about reason in any way. Narrative raises questions and answers them."
Raising questions and answering them creates empathy, which is what stories are good for.
"When a story gets inside of us, it makes us less crazy," Glass said. "There has to be a person's story that you hear where finally you get a picture in your head of this is what it would be like to be that person."
By creating empathy, we become better humans, transforming our lives to include much more of the world than our narrow viewpoint. That is why stories matter.
Below is the full video of Glass' speech. I encourage you to listen to it for its inspiring and entertaining content. And please let us know in the comments how stories have transformed your life.
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Not long after the April issue of One+ that featured nine influential meeting professionals shaping the industry arrived in mailboxes, TIME magazine released its annual "100 Most Influential People in the World" list. Surely, we influenced TIME, right?
All kidding aside, the topic of influence is a hot one. It's no stretch to imagine that individuals want to feel important. And often, you may not feel influential, but rather that you're the one being influenced. While that's a valid feeling, it might not be true, unless you're a hermit holed up in a cave away from human contact. Just being alive influences nature…but I digress.
Let's focus, then, on how you can feel more influential.
Author Jeff Goins suggests a simple way to influence people.
"Anyone can be a leader—sounds easy, right?" he said. "Well, it's not. Because most people aren't willing to do the one thing to grow their influence. So what do the world's best leaders know that the rest of us don't? And how do you become an influencer without feeling like a sleazy salesman?"
According to Goins, the answer is simple: Just ask them.
"There are leaders out there, waiting for you to connect with those who are bold enough to ask," Goins said. "We humans have a bad habit of talking ourselves out of greatness. We doubt ourselves, thinking we don't have what it takes. We give in to fear and sabotage ourselves before we even begin. We are our own worst enemy."
Goins' best recommendation is that you don't think of influence as getting someone to do something for you. Instead, help people.
"I slay the dragon of insecurity and make bold, but humble, asks," he said. "I invite someone to breakfast or coffee. I ask for a few minutes to chat on the phone. I listen, smile and thank them."
Helping people falls into the "liking" category of Robert Cialdini's "Six Principles of Influence" research. Through several studies, Cialdini showed that there are six ways people can influence others:
There are other ways you can become influential, depending on how many people you choose to work with.
"You could work with one other person, maximizing your influence and effectiveness for that one person," said author and meeting professional Adrian Segar. "In one-to-one work, you can adjust the amount of detail and depth, level of sophistication, optimum environment and speed at which you interact to create the best possible circumstances for appropriate learning and problem solving."
Segar suggests you could also work with a group of people.
"A small group can be a marvelous place for people to learn, with your contribution immediately available to all and easy access to clarification and further learning through feedback, questions and sparked conversations," he said. "Perhaps your words of wisdom are more relevant to some in the group than others, but what you say is reaching a wider audience."
These two scenarios raise a good question: Do you want a deep influence or a wide influence?
"Getting the balance right between depth and breadth is a personal choice—there is no one right answer," Segar said. "Your optimum balance between depth and breadth may change over time. So evaluate it regularly as part of your regular work life review."
Influence, then, is not so much a skill as it is a mindset. Becoming more mindful of your thoughts, actions and outcomes will lead you to a greater understanding of yourself, which is the greatest influence you can offer the world.
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Mashable published an interesting story last month about how a small satchel company used Google to build its business. The part that stood out to me, though, concerned blogging, specifically working with blog writers.
"Over the years, [Julie] Deane aggressively worked with fashion bloggers and prominent fashionistas, sponsoring giveaways and gifting satchels, which yielded organic buzz," Lauren Drell wrote. "Over the years, Cambridge Satchel built strong relationships with these bloggers—even asking them what color satchels the company should make next—and these relationships enabled the brand to skirt traditional advertising. Fully embraced as a fashion obsession, Cambridge Satchels grew thanks to social media and word of mouth, especially via blogs."
It's been shown time and time again that writing a blog can help grow your business and personal brand. Don't believe me? Conduct an Internet search of "benefits of blogging," and you'll receive around 39 million results. Or just check out the MPI Chicago Area Chapter's great blog entries about, well, blogging.
However, if you're not a writer, bloggers can help your business, too. Chris Brogan offers some great suggestions on how you can reach out to bloggers to help promote your business or service.
For example, Deane set aside the lower level of her new brick-and-mortar store in London for bloggers.
"I really feel very strongly that the bloggers are the people who started my business," she told Drell. "They're a group of people who don't have offices, and you'll see them at New York and London Fashion Week sitting in Starbucks writing their pieces."
Drell writes that now bloggers will have a place where they can write stories, surf the Internet and socialize in Deane's store.
"I'm really excited about the lounge because it feels like a tangible way to thank the community that has helped me so much," Deane told Drell.
What are your tips for successfully working with bloggers? Please share them in the comments.
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A co-worker passed along an article the other day titled "10 'Sit Up Straight' Exercises to De-slump Your Career." It included tips such as "make learning a priority," "adopt an attitude of gratitude" and "pay attention when people make suggestions."
Once suggestion, though, really stood out to us: "Join an industry association." The article says that the "payoff in terms of networking opportunities, early insights on industry developments and heads-up on emerging opportunities will be invaluable."
Of course we agree with that statement, and it's not just individuals who benefit from joining industry associations.
"Membership in trade associations not only benefits employees of your company, but it also projects a positive image of your firm to your customers," said Betsy Demitropoulos, senior editor of American Business Magazine. "Membership in associations shows a business' initiative, its engagement in a particular trade and its commitment to staying abreast of current developments in the market."
Staying abreast of current trends is one of the many valuable benefits of joining (or retaining) MPI membership.
"The value of joining an association, especially MPI, allows you access to 24/7/365 learning from more than 190 education sessions that can count toward clock hours for your CMP," said Brad C. Shanklin, IOM, MPI senior director of chapters and member services. "MPI also provides you with access to a 20,000-member global community comprised of powerful decision makers representing 67 percent of Fortune 100 companies. Through your membership, you can make crucial connections to people, ideas and marketplaces that can take your career and your business to the next level."
So, help take your career and business to the next level and please join or renew your MPI membership. And while you're at it, consider volunteering with your chapter. Applications close this Friday, April 19.
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In a recent blog entry about staying healthy on the road, Charles Massey, CMP, said, "Know your limitations." That got me to thinking about mindfulness, about how knowing yourself is the best defense against bad choices. Being more mindful isn't just about health, though. It can be applied to many aspects of life.
For example, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara found that even a brief mindfulness training program can help curb wandering minds and improve cognitive abilities. Imagine having attendees meditate before a full day of sessions. Perhaps that would help them remember what they learned as well as get their minds prepared to receive new content.
Another study from Washington University in St. Louis shows that mindfulness can help you learn more about your own personality. Erika Carlson, a psychological scientist at the university, says that attention and nonjudgmental observation -- two traits of mindfulness -- can overcome challenges of knowing ourselves. Once again, it takes some training. Being aware of yourself and your thoughts and actions all the time isn't easy.
There's also a study of Belgian students showing that mindfulness can help alleviate depression, anxiety and stress -- mindfulness training reduced depression by 6 percent, and it stayed at that level after a six-month follow-up.
The meeting profession is hard. Knowing this and knowing yourself can help with overcoming depression and stress. Taking time to reflect is one of the best things you can do for your health and career.
Finally, if you'd like to read something fun about mindfulness, check out Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova. The book explains how you can train yourself to be more mindful and less controlled by feelings and routines. It's a great read, and interesting, especially if you're a Holmes fan.
Are you a mindful person? If so, what are your suggestions on how to be more so? Please let us know in the comments.
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University of Colorado Boulder researchers recently released a study showing that sleeping only five hours a night and having unlimited access to food can cause people to gain almost two pounds of weight a week. The study suggests that getting more sleep could help curtail the obesity epidemic.
"I don't think extra sleep by itself is going to lead to weight loss," said Kenneth Wright, director of the university's Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory, which led the study. "Problems with weight gain and obesity are much more complex than that. But I think it could help. If we can incorporate healthy sleep into weight-loss and weight-maintenance programs, our findings suggest that it may assist people to obtain a healthier weight."
The researchers found that staying awake longer requires more energy; however, the quantity of food consumed by the study participants offsets the extra calories burned.
"Just getting less sleep, by itself, is not going to lead to weight gain," Wright said. "But when people get insufficient sleep, it leads them to eat more than they actually need."
Meeting professionals are a ripe workforce for insufficient sleep. Planning and supplying meetings and events can tax even the most healthy individual. There are ways, though, you can keep your body healthy and your well-being in shape.
"For me, a hotel with a 24-hour gym is a must," said Charles Massey, CMP, founder and CEO of SYNAXIS Meetings & Events. "On site and when travelling on a 'regular' business trip (whatever that is) I try to get at least 30 minutes worth of cardio plus some stretches in every morning. Some mornings, that might require getting up at 4 a.m."
Massey says hydration is key to keeping healthy.
"I also make sure to drink lots of water, especially when I'm going to be walking several miles each day in a convention center or hotel," he said. "In addition, I make sure to pack lots of EmergenC and Berocca (water soluble vitamin B-complex) and mix it with my water and also keep it handy for when I 'crash' in the afternoon. It's much better than caffeine (although I do get plenty of that in the morning, albeit with green tea)."
And then there's the sleep component.
"Get sufficient sleep (which for me is 5 hours) and take breaks when you can," Massey said. "Luckily our onsite teams are 'cross trained' so we can cover for each other when one of us needs to take a break. And don't over do it with alcohol (often easier said than done in our industry). Know your limitations. For me, I know that I am the early bird and some of my colleagues are night owls, so we schedule ourselves onsite accordingly."
Massey is great at keeping healthy on the road. Are you? How do you stay healthy while planning and producing meetings and events? Please let us know your tips in the comments.
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TED2013 is going on right now (and where are you?).
As always, there will be a bevy of amazing speakers and topics presented in quick-hit sessions, but this year—with a record 70 speakers—the time-per-speaker has been cut from 18 minutes down to 9-12 minutes, according to Wired.com.
You may or may not want to watch all 70 of those presentations, but while waiting for the sessions to be posted online, why don't you read the original One+ profiles of a couple of this year's speakers?
Lakshmi Pratury: host of The INK Conference and co-host of TEDIndia 2009
Jennifer Granholm: former governor of Michigan
And while I'm on the TED drum, might I suggest you read or re-read our profiles of organizers for TEDx regional events?
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Not every company has an Iron Man, but many have a Tony Stark—a highly powerful, intensely-focused individual who often ignores risk in order to achieve his or her goals.
That's usually a good thing—as long as companies make sure to also hire a Pepper Potts to keep their powerful leaders grounded, according to new research co-authored by a Brigham Young University (BYU) business professor.
"Organizations need to anticipate the tendency of their most powerful members to leap without looking," said study co-author Katie Liljenquist, a professor of organizational leadership at BYU's Marriott School of Management. "The remedy is to surround them with people who can see other angles, or can play a devil's advocate role to point out risk. Interestingly, it is the low-power members of the organization who are best equipped to do this."
The study, appearing online ahead of print in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, found that powerful people are less likely to see constraints in pursuing their goals. Meanwhile, their low-power counterparts are more aware of the risks around them.
Liljenquist says the phenomenon mirrors the animal kingdom: Predators have evolved to have an extremely narrow eye focus for tracking prey, but this compromises their peripheral vision. Meanwhile, prey animals sacrifice such visual focus for more sensitive peripheral vision that tracks movement and potential threats in the surrounding environment.
"In business settings you need both," Liljenquist said. "You need the people with that unfettered confidence and optimism and the willingness to take big risks, but you need those low-power individuals who say, 'Hey wait a second. Let's identify the pitfalls.'"
Donald Trump is a perfect example of a leader whose confidence guides business decisions. During the first season of his reality show, The Apprentice, Trump offered the winner a chance to manage the construction of the Trump Tower in Chicago—even though the tower hadn't been fully approved yet.
"Trump didn't even have clearance to build that tower yet," said study lead author Jennifer Whitson. "It was that incredible confidence. He didn't have all his ducks in a row yet, but he acted—and it worked out for him."
Liljenquist says that failure to consider constraints can carry weighty repercussions, such as the housing market crises and bank failures of 2008 that caused the worst economic recession since the 1920s.
"Although blindness to constraints may make the powerful more willing to pursue their goals, their willingness to leap before they look may also sow the seeds of their own fall and the fall of those who depend on them," she said. "Power often perpetuates itself and can lead to great things, but when powerful people are blind-sided by unexpected challenges, they may crash and burn."
The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster is a classic example of how power can be blinding. On that fateful day, powerful individuals doggedly pursued launch while ignoring the low-power employees who tried to be a voice of warning about the possibility of mechanical failures.
The study was led by Whitson, an assistant professor of business at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business. Other contributing researchers are from Columbia University, New York University, Stanford University and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
(Story materials and images from BYU.)
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Whenever I think of negotiating or trying to broker a deal, I think of an old episode of The Office. In this one particular episode, the characters Jan and Michael are planning to meet with a client. The original meeting location was to take place at a hotel. However, Michael changes the location to a Chili's, much to Jan's chagrin. Michael and the client bond over food and drinks, and in the end the deal is closed.
What is it about food that helps with meetings? In an interesting study conducted by Lakshmi Balachandra, an assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College and a fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, it was found that "eating while deciding important matters offers profitable, measurable benefits through mutually productive discussions."
Why, though?
"There may be biological factors at work," Balachandra wrote on the Harvard Business Review blog. "When the negotiators in my first two studies ate, they immediately increased their glucose levels. Research has shown that the consumption of glucose enhances complex brain activities, bolstering self-control and regulating prejudice and aggressive behaviors. Other research has shown that unconscious mimicking behaviors of others leads to increased pro-social behaviors; when individuals eat together they enact the same movements. This unconscious mimicking of each other may induce positive feelings towards both the other party and the matter under discussion."
Please check out Balachandra's blog entry for more details of the study. And remember, lunch with another may just be the best business or career move you could make for yourself.
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Fellowship: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (2001) |
Residency: | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA USA (2000) |
Medical Education: | Columbia University, NY USA (1996) |
Board Certification: | Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2003) |
Residency: | Massachusetts General Hospital MA (2000) |
Internship: | Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center NY (1997) |
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Dr. Greicius' research involves the use of functional MRI in conjunction with other imaging modalities to detect and characterize neural networks in healthy adults and patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. The main research objective is to develop novel imaging biomarkers that will enhance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, major depression, and schizophrenia.
- Functional connectivity tracks clinical deterioration in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2012; (4): 828.e19-30
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- Introduction to the special issue on connectivity. Neuroimage. 2012; (4): 2181
- Differential electrophysiological response during rest, self-referential, and non-self-referential tasks in human posteromedial cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011; (7): 3023-8
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SHOW FOLK: Denis O'Hare on Gods, Warriors & Other Crush-Worthy Co-Stars
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Tony-winner Denis O'Hare has entered the pantheon. Literally. In his tour de force (and very well-reviewed) An Iliad, he may be alone on stage but, with a turn of the head or a sly vocal inflection, we see Hermes and Athena–not to mention all of the warriors and women of the Trojan War. As both an actor and co-author of this modern adaptation of Homer's classic tale, his work is an act of virtuosic storytelling that is passionate, at times funny and always deeply engrossing. Of course, television viewers know that O'Hare is no stranger to larger than life characters, although from more contemporary mythology like his haunted Larry Harvey on American Horror Story or the villainous (and perhaps rising again) Vampire King Russell on True Blood.
Currently alternating performances with Stephen Spinella through March 25 at New York Theatre Workshop, O'Hare took a breather from the battle cries to give us some insight into the challenges of performing a one-man show, rehearsing in traffic–and focusing on work when surrounded by hunky co-stars.
An Iliad is incredibly enveloping and moving as an audience member but what is the experience like for you to live those stories both physically and emotionally as a performer? Is your preparation for this show different from other shows because of those demands?
It is a massive burden this show – the thought of doing it begins to descend on me about 4 hours before hand and I find myself unable to really concentrate on other things. I tend to get to the theatre about 2 hours before curtain. I need to settle into the theatre – say hi to everyone backstage, have a little tea and then I go out on stage and do 30 minutes of Yoga and then about 10-15 minutes of vocal warmup. I usually run through at least one chapter onstage and I always run the List of Wars. Because I ride my bike everywhere, I find myself rehearsing while I'm riding. No one really notices when you talk to yourself on a bike.
Each show has its own requirements. Because of the massive text here, one of the requirements is constantly looking at the lines – I make around 200 errors a night in lines alone. I get a lot of notes from Stage Management and from the director and I'm always thinking about ways to improve and get cleaner.
Which of the mortals and gods was the easiest for you to embody, the one you thought immediately "I know this character"? Who was the hardest for you to "find" as an actor?
I had a tough time with all the characters -there wasn't one which came to me easily – well, except for Hermes – he's sort of Cali surf boy (not my usual niche but it was fun). I came to love doing Achilles best–Achilles and Agamemnon. And actually, if I'm honest, I'd say Agamemnon came fairly easily to me – from my years living in Chicago. I still struggle nightly finding Helen. Go figure.


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That the Wildcats regrouped after that narrow 10-7 escape -- they needed a long touchdown pass in the final two minutes -- to fashion a breakout 10-3 season was all well and fine. But try it again tonight against Missouri State and they might get burned in more ways than one.
"We've had that conversation with our team," Snyder said of the 6:10 p.m. opener against the Bearcats at Snyder Family Stadium. "Last year, it sent a very clear and distinct message, and they rectified it."
The difference this time around, Snyder cautioned, is the turnaround time. Instead of an open week and a second tune-up against Kent State before their pivotal third-game upset victory at Miami, they face the Hurricanes again in just seven days.
"Before we got to Miami, we had three weeks in order to try to prepare," he said. "That's not the case this year, and we can ill afford that, because we don't have that kind of time."
Quarterback Collin Klein, whose 33-yard touchdown pass to Chris Harper with 1:39 left helped save the Eastern Kentucky game, wants no part of a repeat against Missouri State, a Championship Subdivision opponent coming off a 2-9 season in 2011.
"Just talking about progress and starting point and finishing point, we put ourselves behind the eight-ball last year," he said. "If we were able to start a little sooner, maybe we could have even ended further down the road than we did.
"That question is always looming, and it's something that (Snyder) has put to us, to make sure that we start a little further ahead so we can still progress and end up further down the road."
In addition to serving as a wakeup call, the Eastern Kentucky game started a season-long trend of down-to-the-wire finishes for the Wildcats, who won an amazing eight games by a touchdown or less.
With a veteran group back and one that's tired of talking about last year's weekly nail-biters, the Wildcats would like nothing better than to flex their muscles early and often tonight.
"Last year, I think we thought we were better than we were, and we kind of needed that," Harper said. "This year, I think, coming in, we're preparing better than we did for Eastern Kentucky.
"Just being ready for their best shot and not taking them lightly -- not taking them as a team that's inferior to us."
Not only did last year's opener raise doubts to start the season, it cost the K-State a valuable chance to develop some depth and rest its starters, one of the reasons Snyder prefers a softer nonconference schedule.
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The Bearcats, under former Kansas coach Terry Allen, do bring back 14 starters from a team that went 2-6 last year in the Missouri Valley Conference.
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1. an expression displaying the slickness of a comment you just made
2. a word to use when u get shocked or suprised about a comment. 1. YOU: yea well....ur mom!
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1/. An exclamation made when you notice pairs or multiples of an object or image, ie 2 people wearing the same shirt or driving the same car, or seeing a pair of twins etc. First one to notice the pair loudly says the word 'Snap!' to gain kudos. Originated from an traditional card game where ir a pair is made the word 'Snap!' is shouted, but applied to the real world. 2/. An exclamation used when catching or seeing someone doing something they didnt want anyone to see. Originated from the word 'snapshots' taken by cameras. When catching someone ther word 'snap!' is loudly exclaimed to let them know you saw them. The seen person is then said to have been 'snapped'. Widely used in New Zealand 1./ When I saw she had the same red top and black jeans as that other chick, I had to say "Snap!"
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Guest Post and Giveaway from author Dakota Banks
With the release of Deliverance, I've been talking quite a bit about the main character, Maliha Crayne, and her dual quests to redeem her soul from an ancient Sumerian demon and to eliminate those demons from Earth. She's not in the book alone, though, carrying the burdens all by herself. She has an inner circle of friends who know about her evil past and love and support her anyway. To be honest, part of the reason these characters exist is to show the reader that Maliha can be loved by others even though she has previously been a stone-cold assassin. The main reasons these secondary characters are there are:
· Provide backup for Maliha since she can't be everywhere at once
· Add unique skills that Maliha doesn't have, such as remote viewing
· Someone for Maliha to bounce ideas around with
· Light moments in an otherwise dark story
· Show the deepening of Maliha's human emotions over time
Her team of active helpers consists of Yanmeng, Hound, and Amaro. A look at how each of them interacts with her makes a good sample of how authors use secondary characters in paranormal novels. (I'm leaving out love interests here.)
Yanmeng is the oldest of the trio. Maliha rescued him and his wife Eliu when they were in a prison awaiting execution during the Chinese Cultural Revolution that was started in 1966 by Mao Zedong and lasted in one form or another for a decade. Yanmeng and Eliu had been turned into the government for illegal activities by their own son, who was a member of Mao's Red Guard, a contingent of young revolutionaries. Maliha worked throughout this period as a key part in a kind of Underground Railroad, helping professionals and dissidents escape from China. Yanmeng is a remote viewer and can "see" Maliha at a distance because of their emotional bond. He's also her martial arts sparring partner. Here's an excerpt that shows the casual, close relationship between Maliha and Yanmeng.
Maliha picked up a croissant and began to eat it in her favorite fashion: by pulling off one tip and then gently unraveling it. No butter or jam. Watson's Bakery made their croissants from scratch rather than using frozen ones, and the only thing wrong with these was that they were already an hour or two out of the oven.
"I'm sorry about the loss of your friend," Yanmeng said.
Maliha nodded. She didn't want to talk about it now.
"Yanmeng," she said between mouthfuls, "do you believe in unconditional love?"
Yanmeng's method of eating croissants was to bite them straight through, one end to the other, no mercy. He had a few flakes of pastry caught in his white moustache. The corners of Maliha's lips turned up until she remembered that this was a solemn conversation.
There was an awkward silence. She'd hoped for more from him.
"You told me once that you loved me," Maliha said. She'd been riding a camel at the time and had nearly fallen off, until Yanmeng made it clear he wasn't talking about romantic love. "What did you mean by that?"
"I meant that you have earned my love, my respect, and my loyalty. I have given myself over to your cause. I would die for you."
Maliha lowered her head. She couldn't take the intensity of the look that Yanmeng was giving her, a look like an x-ray reading her inner truth. "Wouldn't you consider that unconditional love, then?"
"No, because if you return to the service of the demon Rabishu and assassinate at his will, I would be betrayed."
"You have my word I will never do that," Maliha said.
"You are a worthy person, regardless of your past," he said.
A few minutes passed during which Maliha unraveled another croissant. All of sudden it struck her that this was Yanmeng she was sitting with, Yanmeng who could already walk different planes of existence, Yanmeng who was on his way to joining the god Anu in the highest plane. She viewed his aura and was stunned at the beautiful white and gold light radiating from him. He'd progressed far since the last time she'd looked.
With a gasp, she bowed her head. "You honor me."
He waved his hand. "We're just two friends talking. And cut out that aura viewing. My wife Eliu says I already have a big head."
Hound, the second of the trio, is a private investigator with mysterious government connections. He is a Vietnam veteran, a former medic rescued from a killing field by Maliha, but not before he sustained major shrapnel wounds. He has scars on his face and elsewhere, walks with a limp, and one of his shoulders is higher than the other. Nevertheless, he is a strong man, well trained in combat techniques, and a frequent partner for Maliha on missions. He is also a person who takes no guff from Maliha, brings her down to Earth, and provides his own brand of humor. Hound is now engaged to his long-time girlfriend Glass, but once had a love, er, lust relationship with Maliha. I had to censor Hound's language! Amaro, mentioned in this conversation, is a computer hacker, hence the motherboard reference. I'll talk about him next. Here's an excerpt:
"Hound, do you ... do you think maybe we should all go our separate ways? Make this scattering of the team permanent?"
"What the hell for? Cause I tried to get into your pants again?"
"Oh, please. There are bigger issues here," Maliha said.
"I don't know. You didn't see what you turned down."
"Smart ass. I'm serious."
"I've yet to hear a reason."
"You know the reason. Danger. It's my job to deal with whatever I stir up, but I've involved you guys too long. You and Glass are getting married, starting a life together."
"Yeah? Where'd you hear that?"
Maliha bit her lip before responding. "It might have something to do with the engagement ring she's wearing. The ring you gave her."
"Technically you gave me the diamond, so I wasn't acting of my own free will."
"Would you please just shut up, you exasperating man! You're getting married, Yanmeng is getting older, and Amaro will get married ... eventually."
"Amaro is already married—to the Holy Motherboard. And if Yanmeng heard you call him old, he'd wipe the floor with you."
"Not a chance!" Maliha paused. She was falling into Hound's verbal trap, allowing him to lead her away from the main point.
"Okay, seriously," Hound said. "I have no intention of cutting off my work with you. I believe in what you're doing. You'll have to do a better vanishing act than you did in the alley to leave me behind, and then I'd spend the rest of my life looking for you. Besides, I couldn't live like this if I wasn't in your condo."
"You're where?"
"I hid out in a dump of a motel out in the suburbs. They had a sign that said "No Bedbugs, No Crabs," and they were halfway right. I slept in my rental car. Have you ever considered that with the prevalence of nasty critters in even respectable hotels lately that rental cars ..."
"You're in my condo."
"I figured if there were going to be any repercussions it would happen fast, at the speed of YouTube. I stayed at the bedbug paradise a whole four days before crawling back. Don't take that too literally."
Amaro, team member number three, is a world-class computer hacker. Maliha rescued him and his sister Rosie when they were teenagers, living in a Rio de Janeiro slum. At the time, the two teens were surrounded by a gang planning to rape Rosie and kill Amaro. Gang violence is high in the slums, but Maliha can handle an armed gang. After Maliha brought the two to the U.S. and got them settled, Rosie married and now has several children. Amaro is a young bachelor and international playboy type who earns his money breaking into corporations' security systems—at their request, to see where the weaknesses are. He helps Maliha with things like wiping out computer records of her mistakes. In this scene, Maliha is at a resort in Greece; Amaro had been on a cruise, but she needed his help to retrieve one of the shards of the diamond lens needed to eliminate the Sumerian demons from Earth. Here's the excerpt:
The maître d' approached. She requested a table for two. Heads turned as she made her way to the table. Fifteen minutes later, a waiter led Amaro to her table.
"About time," she said, after the waiter left.
"Do you have any idea how much a tuxedo costs in this place? You better have a damn good reason for pulling me off that cruise."
"You're the only one who could do this with me."
"Is that like I'm the only ship in the quadrant or something?" His voice was starting to get loud.
"Shush. Yanmeng's off somewhere meditating, and Hound can't dance. Not on this dance floor, anyway, because he only dances naked."
Amaro rolled his eyes. "Too much information. So Yanmeng's daydreams are more important than my cruise?"
"Some cruise. It was a sex romp."
"We had ports of call with archaeological interest. It was educational."
"I'll bet it was. Did you have the dancing pole installed in your cabin for Trixy?"
He crossed his arms and looked petulant. "No. And Hound shouldn't have said that. That was guy talk."
"We shouldn't be looking like we're having an argument. We're supposed to be a romantic couple."
Amaro forced a smile on his handsome face, leaned forward, and took her hand in his.
"Is this better? What's the mission?"
"We're retrieving a shard. It's in the hotel's safe."
Amaro's eyes lit up. "Robbery?"
Maliha shook her head, and then blew him a kiss.
"Mayhem at least?" he said.
"I hope not. I'm planning to use good old deception. But if things go wrong, you may get your mayhem."
"I've never been on a field op before. I'm always at home base working on a computer."
"That's another reason you're here. In case of mayhem, I'll need you to destroy some computer records."
She explained her plan and the two made a show of flirting while eating a fine dinner. They danced a few slow dances under the dome that showed a velvety black sky with stars scattered by an otherworldly hand. They left, his arm around her waist, and headed for the hotel's front desk. Everything she had planned led up to this moment.
In the Mortal Path books, I think these secondary characters enhance the story. What do you think of secondary characters (not the love interest) in the books you read? Gotta have 'em, they're okay, or you could do without them?
About the Author:
Dakota Banks lives in the St. Louis area and is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Horror Writers Association, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and Mystery Writers of America.
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56 Comments:
- ahz1 said...
I think that memorable secondary characters make books work for me. You can have the best main characters in the universe, but without the secondary characters around to provide comic relief, support and the like, your book may not work as well. My personal preference is usually for eccentric secondary characters.
- April 10, 2012 at 6:47 AM
- Reading mind said...
secondary characters are absolutely necessary. Sometimes I find them even nicer and lovelier than the protagonists. I love them with a little quirk
- April 10, 2012 at 6:48 AM
- Birgit said...
Heroes need their sidekicks, be it in movies or books! In fact I really think they are more important than love interests (or, mind you, love triangles) as the chemistry between such trusty friends really gives a story the right momentum to make it great.
- April 10, 2012 at 7:22 AM
- sienny said...
Secondary characters is a must. they make the story more alive and colorful
- April 10, 2012 at 7:45 AM
- Diane said...
Secondary characters are very important and I wouldn't enjoy many of the books I read if they didn't have them.
- April 10, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Chrisbails said...
I love secondary characters. They are just as important as the main. they are also usually going to be the next storyline. I love that they are the best friend or brother/sister of the main character also. I think they totally make the story and then add more to it.
This is a new author and series for me and would love to win and read these books. Thanks for the giveaway.
firstname.lastname@example.com - April 10, 2012 at 9:24 AM
- Melissa said...
There have been some books that I have liked the secondary characters better than the main character. I really have enjoyed these three characters as back up in your books.
- April 10, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- traci16 said...
You have to have secondary characters..they help build the story and create the journey!! Thanks Dakota & Paranormal Haven for the giveaway!!!!
- April 10, 2012 at 10:33 AM
- Gisele said...
I like reading about secondary characters they always spice it up the story, making it more interesting!
- April 10, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- LadyVampire2u said...
Secondary characters are almost as important as the main characters in my viewpoint. They can make a book spectacular or pull it down considerably. The storylines revolve around them as much as the hero and heroine.
LadyVampire2u AT gmail DOT com - April 10, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- KMichelleC87 said...
Oh you absolutely need secondary characters in a story. Thank you for this giveaway.
Kmichellec87(at)yahoo(dot)com - April 10, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- miki said...
Like i promised i'm still there ^^::
a good story has good secondary characther sometimes it's even them that we preefer because they can give more hunmour in teh story
all the best
again a big big thanks you - April 10, 2012 at 12:10 PM
- Rain Maiden said...
A lot of the time I enjoy the secondary characters so much, I crave their story. So bring on those secondary characters that make a story so much better.
- April 10, 2012 at 12:48 PM
- erin said...
Thanks for a great post and giveaway! I love great secondary characters. No man's an island and if he/she were, the story wouldn't be that interesting. Some of my fav books have the sweet or sassy, sarcastic, vital sidekick and sometimes, it's those characters that save a book for me when I don't care as much as I should about the heroes.
- April 10, 2012 at 1:20 PM
- Anne said...
To make a rich series and keep it fresh, you have to have a lot of secondary characters that actually have a role more than the hero or heroine to talk to. My favorite series all have great secondary casts: The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews and The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs for example.
- April 10, 2012 at 1:22 PM
- Diana said...
I love secondary characters. They are almost as important as the main characters. I think that a well-developed secondary character will bring out the best and the worst in the main character.
Thank you for the giveaway,
Artemis - April 10, 2012 at 1:33 PM
- Jackie Burris said...
It is fun when a secondary character takes the spotlight away from the main one be it in books or movies, when secondary characters provide the backbone of support and help in fleshing out the main characters personna it is even better.
Thanks for an interesting and informative look into these mostly unsung heroes of a good story! - April 10, 2012 at 1:43 PM
- Julie S said...
I like secondary characters because it makes the book seem more realistic with more people being involved and their situations intertwining.
- April 10, 2012 at 1:46 PM
- Jennifer York said...
Sometimes the secondary characters make a book. A funny side kick for example.
Thanks for the AWESOME giveaway! Fingers crossed that I win. LOL - April 10, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Lexi said...
Amaro sounds like the perfect secondary character to have on your side, he would certainly come in handy!
I love 'em, gotta have 'em. The secondary characters can add so much to a storyline, and if well written I will fall in love with them as well as the main characters and be begging for their stories to be told. - April 10, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- books4me said...
Oh, man, you gotta have secondary characters to make a story read smoothly and it takes the reader deeper! I hope the other books are secondary characters with their own story or is it a continuation of the first? Either way, this sounds like a great series. I got lost in the short excerpts...great reading!
- April 10, 2012 at 3:14 PM
- Ce-Ce said...
You gotta have em! Without secondary characters, a book is not worth reading. You need the story to go somewhere!
- April 10, 2012 at 3:41 PM
- Anna Dase said...
I love secondary characters they bring a lot to a book.
- April 10, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- Barbara E. said...
I love secondary characters, they add so much more depth and interest to the story. It's always fun to see them get their own story told as well, either as a side note or in their own book.
- April 10, 2012 at 4:05 PM
- Dakota Banks said...
I enjoyed writing this post very much, and the comments here on Paranormal Haven are always great and fun to read. Love this visit! ~♥~
- April 10, 2012 at 4:48 PM
- June M. said...
I think the more interesting characters in a story the better. Often the secondary characters are so much fun than you come to care about them a lot and want them to get their own HEA.
- April 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM
- Tore said...
I think the secondary characters help make the story and make the book more interesting. firstname.lastname@example.com
- April 10, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Kimberley said...
I think that the secondary characters round out the book. Without them, we would become overwhelmed by the main characters. Plus, there is always the hope that the secondary characters will eventually get there own books!
- April 10, 2012 at 5:29 PM
- alainala said...
i have to admit, i LOVE secondary characters!!! most of my fav series have absolutely rockin secondary characters... i also like when they are the focus of anthologies too..
- April 10, 2012 at 5:42 PM
- heatwave16 said...
Secondary characters help make the story work. The heroes can't do all the heavy lifting.
- April 10, 2012 at 6:40 PM
- molly.frenzel said...
Secondary characters complete a story, make it well-rounded and give light to different perspective. Any story would be naked without.
- April 10, 2012 at 7:29 PM
- Jacqui said...
I think you have to have the secondary charaters make the story seem real, and give you extra chances to get involved emotionally.
- April 10, 2012 at 7:35 PM
- Dina said...
I like secondary characters to help with stories
dlsmilad at yahoo dot com - April 10, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Llehn said...
I totally agree that secondary characters enhance the book.
lesly7ch(at)yahoo(dot)com - April 10, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- donnas said...
I love secondary characters. They can add so much to the story and main character development. And then hopefully they get their own story and HEA in a future work.
- April 10, 2012 at 10:33 PM
- Amy said...
I love secondary characters because they enrich the story. They give a fuller picture of the whole story world.
- April 11, 2012 at 12:10 AM
- Denise Z said...
I think the secondary characters are very important. I want to know and love or hate them as much as the primary. In fact I was devastated when a secondary character in a longtime series I have been following was killed off and actually felt like lodging a protest LOL Thank you for the fun!
- April 11, 2012 at 12:29 AM
- Na said...
I definitely appreciate secondary characters and find them important. They make me see the main characters from different angles.
- April 11, 2012 at 12:31 AM
- Jennifer L. Bielman said...
I've actually liked secondary characters better than the main ones. I think they are very important.
- April 11, 2012 at 1:12 AM
- Ren said...
I like read about secondary characters. That make story more rich, complex and interesting. Beside it will bored if we just read about main characters alone
- April 11, 2012 at 2:36 AM
- Aurian said...
Of course secondary characters are necessary in every book. They add a lot to the story, like exentric characters, or best friends who can tell the truth to the hero or heroine. Friends who help out, give advice. Or even enemies and people who don't like them. A main character does not live in a vacuum or there is little story to tell. If you know someones friends, that tells you something about the person who has them.
- April 11, 2012 at 3:25 AM
- Barbara said...
VERY necessary...like supportive roles in a movie. Shoot, I often end up liking them as much as I do the main character...and isn't that what a 'series' is all about? Thx for the VERY generous giveaway! :)
barbbattaglia @ yahoo.com - April 11, 2012 at 4:13 AM
- Tal said...
secondary characters are absolutely necessary!!!
Thank you for the giveaway :D
firstname.lastname@example.com - April 11, 2012 at 5:54 AM
- Teril said...
Really I think that the perspective to the story of the secondary characters is essential to stories, especially a series.
- April 11, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Mel said...
Oh I love secondary characters. If they can feel real and fully dimensional people rather than just outline then you know the author has fully developed the world. I love it when the secondary characters are more humourous than the main character - after all they don't usually have the whole reliant on them! :)
- April 11, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- Tina B said...
I think that the secondary characters bring more to a story and add elements that would otherwise be harder to see. I do however think that sometimes, too many secondary characters can get quite confusing to follow. I read a series recently where the main characters had their friends and family but then there were like 3 different agencies (factions) after them and multiple characters from each one. My head was spinning, but I enjoyed the main plot so I stuck with it. Thank you for the generous giveaway!
- April 11, 2012 at 5:08 PM
- Linda said...
Secondary characters definitely add depth to a story; some can even be animals! The interaction between the H/H & the others adds definition to the characters & makes it more realistic. Love when the secondary characters add comic relief too. Or the matchmaking relative or even the kids. Fun!
- April 11, 2012 at 8:54 PM
- Stella (Ex Libris) said...
I like well developed interesting secondary characters who add depth and layers to the story and the main characters' personality. Well fleshed out secondary characters are a great tool in shaping the h/h as we can see a side of them through other people.
Thank you for the generous giveaway Dakota and congratulations on the release!
stella.exlibris (at) gmail (dot) com - April 13, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Mary @SweepingMe said...
I think the secondary characters are essential to a story. I love them. It's a love relationship for me. I think they bring a lot of depth to the books I read.
mary_reiss @ hotmail.com - April 13, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- mbreakfield said...
I love secondary characters, They add flavor
- April 13, 2012 at 6:16 PM
- Eli Yanti said...
i think secondary characters always have their fans and me too :)
- April 14, 2012 at 10:04 PM
- Bex said...
They're absolutely essential. They help to shape the protagonists and the plot. Without them the protagonists wouldn't be able to rise to the occasion and steal the show. I'm very fond of several secondary characters, especially those that are well evolved by the author.
- April 15, 2012 at 2:15 AM
- Mare/TommyGirl said...
I love a good secondary character. I'm a character-driven reader to begin with, but I also think it helps to define the main characters in the relations they keep and how they treat those people.
- April 15, 2012 at 2:38 PM
- Miss Bohemia said...
I think they can add depth and provide support for the main characters.
- April 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM
- marybelle said...
If I fall in love with the secondary characters, and it does happen, then I welcome the fact that they go off on their own. I think secondary characters are very important to a story.
- April 15, 2012 at 5:26 PM
- Adelle said...
I agree that secondary characters are very important, and often just as lovable as a main. adelle
- April 16, 2012 at 9:02 AM


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