Writers often put a bit of themselves into their characters. I know I
did with Ella, from While Snowbound. Although her personality is nothing like
mine (at least I don’t think so), she possesses some of my interests and
disinterests.
When I was a teenager, I never plastered posters of famous rockers on
my bedroom walls. I might be able to match a song with a group, but don’t ask
me to pick them out of a lineup, I would probably fail – even when I was a
teenager.
I’ve never been star struck – it isn’t in my nature nor is it in Ella’s.
Mention some famous male rock star, and chances are I won’t have a clue who he
is. Ella is the same way.
This particular quirk is important for my character, because it would
have been an entirely different story had she swooned over the sexy celebrity when
she found herself trapped with him during the blizzard.
She also has a dog like mine - an Australian Shepherd named Sam.
