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I hope you're all doing well on this fine first day of February!
In case you haven't read my books, I'll try not to give away any important plot points, but my post today is about my characters from my Maguire's Corner (MC) series.
When I wrote MC1, I didn't know that it would be the first in a series. I wasn't paying much attention to some of the 'extra' characters I'd been writing about.
When I started book two, there were so many Maguire family members milling about that I needed to start an online family tree.
Now, I'm working on book three and I've run into a HUGE problem.
Unbeknownst to me, I screwed up a family relationship back in book one.
Which shouldn't be a big deal, but I first called a certain character a cousin of Maggie Maguire in the beginning of the book and somewhere along the line by the end of the book, he became her uncle.
Ewww.
Now, mind you, this book has been through the ringer. MC1 was acquired, edited, published, un-published, re-acquired, re-edited, re-named, and re-published.
And believe me, I've found quite a few mistakes because of all the numerous people that went through it for edits.
Only now am I creating a book-bible, for lack of a better term. I've re-read MC1 and made a spread-sheet for every character, street name, business name, and anything else I think might be important.
I need to do the same with MC2 even though I already know I called the same character uncle in that one, as well.
To make a long story short, too late ... this same cousin/uncle character is also in MC3.
He's important, but not 'main character' important.
But...he should be her cousin not her uncle.
Do you think anyone will care or notice if I switch him back to her cousin?
Do I need to explain it off somehow?
And if I do, in the context of the book or before Chapter 1?
Can I get away with saying they call him uncle cause he's older, but he's really her cousin?
Got any other bright ideas or suggestions?
I'd appreciate them.
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