Being one of my characters, an IWSG post

 

 

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If you had to become one of your characters, which ones would you choose?
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 Oh my. 

A lot of my characters live some pretty dramatic lives. They've been through things, you know? And that makes good story fodder. But I, myself, have a lovely quiet little life that is mostly low drama and I'd really like to keep it that way. 

So, I don't think I'd want to be any of my Menopausal Superheroes

I don't think I'd like to take over for any of my horror characters either. They have to work too hard to survive…and some of them, um, don't. 

So, I guess my best hope lies in my current Works-in-Progress: a trio of romance novellas. 

• Mandy, the graphic designer returning to her hometown in Never Too Late (out for Beta reading)
• Abby, the punk band musician finding love while she faces the loss of her best friend in Acid Reign (with my critique partners now)
• Bekah, the single-mom veterinarian facing an empty nest in the third, not yet titled novella I'm still drafting. 

These are all smart, capable women in their fifties, who are all about to find love in unexpected places. I'm really enjoying writing these un-apologetically optimistic stories, and it wouldn't be a bad thing to find myself in one of their lives if I couldn't keep living the one I have now.   

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