{"id":769,"date":"2022-06-06T07:19:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2022-08-02T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T20:05:47","slug":"a-blog-about-writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/a-blog-about-writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Matt Miller in the Colonies &#8211; Blog Entry 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"769\" class=\"elementor elementor-769\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa1af1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa1af1f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebd477a\" data-id=\"ebd477a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f98573 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f98573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-family),Sans-serif; font-size: 3rem; font-weight: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-weight); white-space: normal;\">JUNE 6, 2022 - BLOG ENTRY 3&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c4452d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c4452d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-400a243\" data-id=\"400a243\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3cc274 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3cc274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tI didn\u2019t have much of an advanced outline for the Matt Miller in the Colonies series, which may be evident to some of you. The only thing I knew from the beginning was that Matt Miller would be a hero, and he would act like one. He would always show up, keep it together, and do the right thing. After writing Journeyman, Matt Miller\u2019s temperament was one of the first disagreements with my editor.<\/p>\nMeghan said, \u201cHe should be more freaked out. He\u2019s lost his entire life, and he should be visually upset!\u201d<\/p>\nMeghan has had so much influence on how these books turned out, but I\u2019m glad I won this <i>one<\/i> argument. I haven\u2019t won many because she has been an excellent editor, but I insisted that Matt Miller would be the type of hero I admired, and he would be this way from the very beginning. He\u2019d be stupid, make mistakes, and the world would be a confusing place, but he\u2019d hold it together. Matt would be a young Jason Bourne, James Bond, or Rocky Balboa. 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