Sigh. Gunther is dead.
I’m partly depressed and also partly a bit proud of myself.
Unbeknownst to you, 3.5 readers, I’ve been planning to bump the G-Man off for awhile now.
Initially, I intended that there would be a happy ending in which he lives and moves in with Slade and whichever woman he ends up with and acts as like a beloved cantankerous Grampa of the family…but…
It was the “dying with your boots on” thing that got me. If you die with your boots on, you probably did so in battle. If you die with your boots off, it means you were peaceful, surrounded by family.
If the series goes on long enough, maybe good ole Slade will keep his promise to Gunther and die with his boots off.
Have you ever killed off a main character, 3.5 readers?
Did it make you sad?
It does make me sad, but one odd thing – I’m looking towards writing accomplishments less in word counts or chapter counts and more of scenes and milestones.
I have been having all these images in my head of what will happen to the characters for months and am amazed to have gotten so many of these images down on paper now.
Thanks for reading, 3.5. Your feedback is always appreciated.
Bookshelf Battle 
-commiserations- I hate doing it too, but sometimes it is the inevitable consequence of a whole series of small pushes and pulls. It’s /right/. Sad, but necessary.
In a way it’s kind of awesome because I have never written enough of one idea long enough for a major character to do everything he needed to do and then buy the farm before.
Ah…in that case…ENJOY! lol
But on the other hand he was the most interesting character in the whole book. Sigh..confliction. Oh well.
Hmm…that’s a problem. I assume the book’s not finished? Or is this the resolution to the story?
Nah there’s more to go. Eh..after thinking about it a long time it seemed like the only way to go really.
I’m a great believer in the sub-conscious. It knows where the story has to go even when we don’t. I think that’s how we know when something is ‘right’. Good luck!