Today, I have a real treat for you--award-winning, multi-published, regency romance author Linore Rose Burkard with an article on building characters. Linore graduated from the City University of New York with a magna cum laude degree in English Literature, and now lives in Ohio where she enjoys writing her books, creating her monthly ezine ("Regency Reflections"--free to anyone who subscribes at her website ), and giving workshops on writing, Jane Austen, and marketing. Here's Linore... Building Believable Characters For Your Novel by Linore Rose Burkard Author Joanne Reid once said, "One of the leading causes of rejection by a publisher is poorly developed, one-sided characters." If you've been reading fiction for any length of time you're probably inclined to agree. Characters can make or break a story. But is there a key to creating characters that aren't one-sided? A method to avoid writing poorly developed ones? I believe ther...