This blog is part six of six in a series designed to hone character development of protagonists in your fiction. After reading through this series, I realize I had written quite a bit about my husband’s opinions. The examples and thoughts expressed reminded me of how immense his influence is on me. I don’t mind that he chooses most of my clothes and likes red lipstick. He’s paying attention! My …

This blog is part five of six in a series designed to hone character development of protagonists in your fiction. I once tried to leave the house with bare lips. This did not go over well with my husband. “Where is your lipstick?” he asked. I applied some immediately. In red. Yes, the lipstick has to be red. I can get away with a reddish burgundy shade if it matches my clothing, but only then. …

This blog is part four of six in a series designed to hone character development of protagonists in your fiction. Pity the poor body under dietary restrictions. And haven’t we all been there at one time or another, for one reason or another? At home, we can manage. Never mind that the grocery store demands steep prices for specialty food. Because they can. Dining in public? An adventure but not …

This blog is part three of six in a series designed to hone character development of protagonists in your fiction. One of my elementary school teachers, a blonde, gave birth to twin boys with bright red hair. Her husband was dark-haired. Perhaps in this day and age of sensitivity and multiracial adoptions, no one would flicker a proverbial eyelid at this development. Or at least they would blink …

This blog is part two of six in a series designed to hone character development of protagonists in your fiction. When on its own and free to be itself, my hair curves into waves that the Atlantic Ocean would envy. Prodigious effort must be made to tame it. That prodigious effort originates in the form of a professional blowout. When trying to preserve a blowout, I have found that the perfect room …

This blog is part one of six in a series designed to hone character development of protagonists in your fiction. I own a few possessions that I prize though they aren’t worth much moneywise. These possessions represent the love someone has for me. That love is far more valuable to me than the few dollars I could earn from selling my memories on eBay. Take the small trinket box my grandmother …