I love flawed characters, the more flawed the better. My all-time favorite flawed character is from a medieval Scottish historical series called The Lymond Chronicles written years ago by an author named Dorothy Dunnett. Her protagonist, Francis Crawford, was a tortured anti-hero type who goes through all kinds of trials in the course of 6 books, but ultimately finds happiness in the end. I\u2019ve measured every hero ever since against him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As per my blog rules, Jen, you have about a week to contact me. email is shilohwalker(at)gmail.com.\u00a0 Please put UNHOLY CONTEST WINNER in the subject line.<\/p>\n
Remember, guys.\u00a0 I’ve revised my rules and if I don’t hear from her within the week, she does lose the prize, but I no longer redraw names.\u00a0 I’ll just hold it and give it away at a different contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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