I innocently started writing a new book a couple weeks ago off of a single incident my husband shared with me at the end of fall when he helped a stranded motorcyclist. One line about showing the guy how to jump his bike led to another great character. Of course it’s a chick with an attitude and love for all vehicles. Again… of course… it’s me.
I’ll try not to bore you with brief re-caps of my 8 other novels.
Kaitlyn in Dustin Time … is me. Although she’s a vet, I did work 4 years for vets. A lot of what I put in there I knew from my job experiences.
Vicki in Vienna Waits for you was pregnant young & has a thing for ’67 Ford Mustangs. This is set in Hawaii – where I spent from age 4 to 26.
Veronica in The Green Flash at Sunset is… you guessed it, me. Really me. A life experience needed closure – what better way to do that then write a book about it.
Jessica in the Eighty-Eight’s, Baby 2 book series has a thing for Paint horses and does graphics.
Maybe I can’t sing like Laura in Baby, Just Say Yes, but I wish I could and do know the words to everything so why not just torture every one around me while I try?
I am bossy like Charlene in I’ll Try to Behave Myself and love listing to 80′s “copycat” bands like they did at the Jersey Shore. This one is set in Philly… where I was born.
Okay, we already had the stripper conversation a few blogs back about Regina in Come and Talk to Me. I wasn’t one, but it made a great base for a character. BTW, her hubby just happens to be in the Coast Guard.
So…yet again… Ellie, Miss attitude… Miss love her 4-wheelers and fast cars… slings coffee & is the self proclaimed expert on how to make a real Macchiato – not the super sweet tall caramel & vanilla things you get at a chain store but I’m not naming names*cough*Starbucks*cough*. The man walking into her life… wait for it… is a computer geek.
Not sure how many of you know – hubby & I had a cyber cafe in Bemidi. It was called Cyber Bugs. We both had the restaurant knowledge and hubby had all the computer certifications. It was great while it lasted but when it was time to go – it was time to go. Whodathunk (yes, cray, that’s a word too) it would have led to another novel.
I really didn’t think my life was this interesting 
We have to write what we know. You know yourself.
What better base for a book is there?
I put me in my characters too (though one character who had my personality traits wasn’t female) O.o
I can’t wait to read them all.
This is the greatest compliment to yourself. You are interesting enough to put into a character. My characters usually reflect the type of person I wish I could be.
Very cool to be such an extraordinary person!
Thanks, gang. I forgot to mention they all have a little bit of a ‘tude & a potty mouth
I think this will inspire another blog… “The many jobs of Bug”;)
I think it only makes sense to put bits of yourself in your stories — as long as it’s the juicy bits.
Is there any other?