I think it would be very hard to write and never put yourself in the story. I mean, who knows us better than us? And even if we don’t want to, little bits of ourselves find their way into what we write, almost whether we want them to or not.
As part of my life, I’ve written bosses and friends into my books because I’m around their real-life characters so much. I write my husband into most every book, either as villain or hero (mostly hero!). Who is a better foil for those people then me, since I interact with them so often? I’ve added dreams of mine (things I want to do or see) as opposed to actual events
because that’s more fun, and strangely, enough, looking back, I write heroines most often who look like what I’ve always thought I’d like to look: taller, slimmer, red hair and green or bright blue eyes. Sometimes real life is not so magical but we all have dreams and I like to add mine to my books.
I don’t think it’s cheating to write about the things you know best, and as I said at the beginning, that’s probably you. Embrace it!
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Dee
Only a Good Man Will Do: Seriously ambitious man seeks woman to encourage his goals, support his (hopeful) position as Headmaster of Westover Academy, and be purer than Caesar’s wife. Good luck with that!
Naval Maneuvers: When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!