Growing
up, I loved reading about people in faraway places and wondered what they were
like. In the movies, I watched actors like Paul Hogan and Olivia Newton-John,
listened to singers like the BeeGees and Dame Joan Sutherland, and cheered on
athletes like Evonne Goolagong Cawley. I devoured every article I could find
about their fascinating country. I'd still love to visit Australia someday, but
for now I'm thrilled to make the acquaintance of a real live Aussie, Iris
Blobel. She's a fellow Astraea Press author, and she has a brand new novel
called Journey to her Dreams. Iris
is here today to share with us a little about how she creates her characters,
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Thanks,
Patty, for having me today on your blog.
Patty
had a wonderful post on her blog a few weeks back called “What a Character” where she had asked fellow Astraea Press authors “If you could become
any one of your characters, which one would it be, and why?". It was a
great post and you should hop over and have a read ... not now though!
Anyway,
the post made me think about how we/you/authors choose their characters, their
personalities, faults, looks etc. Do they have a certain person in mind?
Or is it indeed all a “creation”?
I
sat back and thought about how I “shape” my characters. I wondered whether they
were part of me or whether they were something I’d like to be. After
considering and thinking and head scratching – no, they’re not like me. Would I
like to be like them? Probably a little bit.
I suppose deep down inside I’m hoping for the readers to be able to relate to
my characters because “they’re real”. They should have flaws, yet know the
right from wrong.
In
my latest book “Hollie” is my main character. I really like her. She’s loving,
loyal and strong inside, but she gets easily hurt and takes the safe
road. My male characters are usually (and hopefully) sexy and charming
and the counterpart sexy as well, yet with a flaw I don’t like in a man at all.
It usually is an interesting balance.
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Thanks
Iris!
Here's
the cover, blurb and order information:
Would you
travel around the world to uncover the reason for your dreams?
Hollie, a
young woman from Tasmania does, and during her journey to Ireland, she is
determined to find out what is behind those dreams about “the other woman”.
Yet, during her quest for answers, Hollie finds more than just the reason for
it.
Journey
to Her Dreams
is now available at every major online book store or here:
~ Amazon
~~ BookStrand
~~ All Romance
Books ~~ Barnes &
Noble ~~ Astraea Press
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Thanks so much for having me, Patty!
ReplyDeleteI always like my characters, even the bad ones. I think it would be hard to write about people I don't like.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving!
Love it! Interesting to look at characters from different angles.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Joselyn - it *is* hard to write about the villains/murderers (trust me on that.) But all characters should be interesting and real - we don't want readers falling asleep! Your story of Hollie sounds intriguing, Iris - and the setting too.
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