When I started writing, someone told me to give my characters unusual/curious/interesting professions or hobbies, especially my female characters.
Over the years, I developed my characters in many different ways, so I went back to see what I've done with them--and what they haven't tackled yet. So, here are the biographies of some characters:
- Star is a scuba diver who investigates insurance claims. Hauk is a boat captain looking for underwater treasures.
- Riley is a librarian hoping to become a scriptwriter. Blythe is an actor whose real life is stranger and more dangerous than his fictional life.
- Rowan is a geologist turned B&B owner. Avery is a tormented RCMP looking for comfort in a bottle who likes to reconstruct animal skeletons. Bjorn is an Icelandic tour guide with a meddling grandmother.
- Amelia is an Army Colonel. Hope is a teenage deaf biathlete. Richmond is a sheriff haunted by his past.
- Julia is an accountant. Thierry is a teenage goaltender struggling with the code of silence. Luke is an explosive expert.
- Maxime is a university swimmer with a target on her back. Ross is an undercover officer.
- Liliane is a painter in charge of an election office. Jasper is a detective with a secret love interest.
- Becca is a journalist who snuck into a decommissioned military base and ended in the past. Ash is in charge of repairing and restocking warships.
- Violette is a jill-of-all-trade who gets trapped remodelling an escape room. Joe is a police officer who owns escape rooms.
- Lana is a retired military nurse and potato farmer. Eli is a retired submariner raising his five-year old granddaughter.
I'll admit I'm partial to men & women in uniforms, but at the same time, I write mystery/murder/romance. Someone needs to arrest the perpetrator, but it's not always who it should be LOL
Happy Reading & Stay Safe!
J. S.
- What decade does Brides of Banff Springs take place in?
- What is the heroine's name in His Brother's Bride?
- Which province does Pillars of Avalon take place in?
- Left Behind Bride deals with what illegal activity?
- In Envy the Wind what is the name of the ship Grace come to Canada on?
- Which war is occurring during Where the River Narrows?
- Good Luck
Sage advice to any writer. In my science fiction novels with a dash of romance, I have tech geniuses, bounty hunters, Space Station security personnel, avenging angels (with sword and wings) Priestesses, ship captains, and large telepathic felines serving as bodyguards. My historical fantasy characters are Celtic and related to Merlin and Morgane the Fae. Nothing ordinary about my immortal cursed ladies either. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAs for occupations, much depends on the book. Mrs. Miller is a retired nurse and a church organist and piano teacher. I also have seers, warriors and healers of both sexes.
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