Comments on: A Bit of Me http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/11/22/a-bit-of-me/ Red Hot Reads Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nicole S http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/11/22/a-bit-of-me/#comment-5955 Nicole S Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:12:29 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=2346#comment-5955 Usually if the heroine is nothing like me I find things about her that I wish I was more like. That's how I connect with them. For heroine's that are outgoing (which I am not) I put myself in their shoes and I think they have guts for some of the things they do. Make me wish I could do it. Got More Blazing Bedtime Stories, the bad thing is I probably won't get around reading it until the holiday season is over. I'll start reading only holiday books right after I finish the book I'm currently on until the first week of January. Usually if the heroine is nothing like me I find things about her that I wish I was more like. That’s how I connect with them. For heroine’s that are outgoing (which I am not) I put myself in their shoes and I think they have guts for some of the things they do. Make me wish I could do it.

Got More Blazing Bedtime Stories, the bad thing is I probably won’t get around reading it until the holiday season is over. I’ll start reading only holiday books right after I finish the book I’m currently on until the first week of January.

]]> By: Jillian Burns http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/11/22/a-bit-of-me/#comment-5954 Jillian Burns Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:28:11 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=2346#comment-5954 the heroine in my current WIP is SO not like me. She's a free spirit who makes spur of the moment decisions based on how she's feeling at the moment. She's into spiritualism and Yoga and believes in past lives. I do, however have a hairdresser that is very much like that, and a sister who has some of those qualities. I try to draw from them, but, you're right, at some point, as this character's creator, I really needed to understand and BE this woman to write her well. The only quality I could think of that was similar to me was her compassion for others. She truly cares about everyone and wants to help make the world a better place. So, this was the motivation I kept in mind while writing her. Otherwise she came across to my CPs as flighty, ditzy and UNcaring. Hmm, re reading this it sounds like I think free spirits are uncaring and that Im bragging about my compassion. But I didn't mean it that way, my sister is much more compassionate than me and my hippie hairdresser is a brainiac who runs her own business. Both ladies are Smart and caring and beautiful. the heroine in my current WIP is SO not like me. She’s a free spirit who makes spur of the moment decisions based on how she’s feeling at the moment. She’s into spiritualism and Yoga and believes in past lives.
I do, however have a hairdresser that is very much like that, and a sister who has some of those qualities. I try to draw from them, but, you’re right, at some point, as this character’s creator, I really needed to understand and BE this woman to write her well. The only quality I could think of that was similar to me was her compassion for others. She truly cares about everyone and wants to help make the world a better place. So, this was the motivation I kept in mind while writing her. Otherwise she came across to my CPs as flighty, ditzy and UNcaring.
Hmm, re reading this it sounds like I think free spirits are uncaring and that Im bragging about my compassion. But I didn’t mean it that way, my sister is much more compassionate than me and my hippie hairdresser is a brainiac who runs her own business. Both ladies are Smart and caring and beautiful.

]]> By: Ilona http://blazeauthors.com/blog/2009/11/22/a-bit-of-me/#comment-5953 Ilona Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:21:26 +0000 http://blazeauthors.com/blog/?p=2346#comment-5953 I personally do both. I notice those qualities I have but mostly I wish for the ones I don't have :D Oh and you aren't the only one to say what most people only think - I do too. Maybe I'll be sitting next to you at those parties lol I personally do both. I notice those qualities I have but mostly I wish for the ones I don’t have :D

Oh and you aren’t the only one to say what most people only think – I do too. Maybe I’ll be sitting next to you at those parties lol

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