false 1670844 2906258 Kelly Abell 46 female Riverview, FL 10/2008 12/2009 625 Nora Roberts 2958947 Jude Stephens 30819 Heather Graham 638968 Tamela Quijas 32498 Iris Johansen 2384 Janet Evanovich 69 230 218 true 5629794 read 3 true 3670293 currently-reading 9 true 3670292 to-read 0 false 8905615 wishlist http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/56467.Online_Angel?chapter=1 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:17:09 -0800
She opened the door, let Kevin in and immediately he could see that something wa"...more]]> Max (Maximum Ride, #5) by James Patterson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53967990 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514pJwPqcaL._SL75_.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:14:11 -0800 more...]]> On Writing (Mass Market Paperback) by Stephen King]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81952134 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254200s/10569.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:11:02 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/251534-author-s-forum-kelly-abell http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1254956623p2/25350.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:10:08 -0800
So to answer your question I do sometimes base my characters on people I know. The teens in my YA paranormal Haunted Destiny are all based on friend of my two teenagers. I don't think you can help that if you are a writer. You observe the world around so differently from a nonwriter. Everywhere is a setting, everyone a potential character, and real situations make for the best stories. As they say Truth is stranger than fiction.

Never fear my friends, I take enough literary license with my characters that most of the real people won't recognize themselves. If I'm going to be true to a character I always ask permission. For example in my sequel to Sealed In Lies that I'm writing I have used some real names because I liked the name. I asked permission first.

Probably more of an answer than you were looking for! LOL]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79941560 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515hhkLSxrL._SL75_.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:51:55 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/251862-author-forum-evan-kilgore http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1254956623p2/25350.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:49:13 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/223866-in-death-plunge http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1255745415p2/4661.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:06:01 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/134546-the-reef http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1255745415p2/4661.jpg 1670844 Kelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241263826p2/1670844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1670844-kelly Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:34:12 -0800