Character Inspiration #Nanowrimo #amwriting
*Image courtesy of pixabay.com. Herein lies inspiration for my character, Tabatha Hansen, a.k.a, Pinky, born on 3/28/1967, who in my book inhabits the world of 1997 to 2000, with occasional visits to the year 2047. I’ll admit it, I am up to 17,238 words in this novel and I need inspiration. I need to be in the shoes of my character for at least 33,000 more words. I may or may not get it all done in November. That’s okay; it will get done!
This is a source idea I read about online somewhere, for my NANOWRIMO inspiration for Tabatha, a character in two of my time travel books. Tabatha, a.k.a Pinky, is in her early thirties. Wait, now I’m writing book two, and she no longer likes to be called Pinky. She says it’s too childish. Her hair: not exactly blonde, not exactly dark. Some call it dirty blonde, while others call it “touched with honey.” Her body stature: small. She is a picky eater. Height: 5’6. She is built like a dancer. Eyes: hazel, sometimes brownish. Maybe amber. I don’t know; I’m going on the word of her best friend and partner, Milt. Let’s be glad he remembered her birthday (3/28/1967). Skin: beautiful. Tans easily, with dark eyebrows. Reminds me a little of Ashley Judd. Just lovely. Long, skinny fingers on her hands, and toes to match. Long, thin arms. Loves to dance. She actually went to dance school for a while, but also loves art. She draws, paints, dreams. In her early thirties, she works in an art gallery because it brings more money than trying to sell her own art. Prone to moodiness and flights of fancy, yet, set in her ways. Parents are deceased. Has one brother, two years younger, who is a little, let’s just say, wayward. Has his own issues and struggles. Family is so important to her, and she is also a loyal friend. Just don’t get on her bad side. While she loved the Flashdance fashions from the eighties, her go-to wardrobe in the nineties consists of jeans, Doc Martens or Chucks, and rock-n-roll or progressive band t-shirts. But watch out, she can also rock a little black dress and will dress up for the art gallery when it is called for.
Listens to: Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elvis Costello, U2, Sting, The Police, The Who, The Cowboy Junkies, Smashing Pumpkins, and a lot of music from that alternative/progressive station.
Particularly true for my character are numbers 1, 3, 6,7, 10, 12, 13, some of which almost made me consider making her a Gemini, but that didn’t set well with her.
