HOW DO I KEEP EVERYONE IN CHARACTER?

You can't. Face it, if they were really in character, they
wouldn't have agreed to appear in *your* fic. Just try to
fake it.

I think this is the best single answer to the "in character" question I've
even seen.  ^_^

Gary Kleppe

-Richard
-Who wishes he'd thought of it, and is planning to use it at the fanfic
panel at ACen and take credit for it.