As promised yesterday (Wick’s Circle post), I am now going to introduce you to Clara’s circle of friends and family. If, by some miracle, you still haven’t read about my MC’s for Dreamer, then you should check out Wick and Clara by clicking on their names. I’ve mentioned before that Clara is a bit of a lone wolf, but let’s see who you’re going to meet today!
Name: Gabriel Barrett
Profile: Gabe is Clara’s older brother and the kind of guy who looks like he has it all figured out. He’s 30, has a stable mid-level job, a wife and a baby on the way. Life is exactly the way he pictured it, except that he is freaking out. He is scared of screwing everything up, simply because of the fact that no one thinks he can.
Sometimes he is jealous of his sister’s more glamorous, lone photographer life style. But in the end Gabe is Clara’s rock, best friend and confidant. If she needs someone to talk to (or vice versa), they are likely to turn to each other.
Name: Melinda Barrett
Profile: Clara and Mel’s relationship was a bit weird at first. Mel thought that Clara didn’t like her and in a way that was true, because she felt like Mel was taking away her brother. Gabe forced them to spend some time together though and they’ve actually found quite some similarities. They are both ambitious and driven, they both have worked hard to get to the place they are at. Now they are friends and sometimes even gang up on Gabe together.
Mel is a lawyer and earns more than her husband. She is trying to convince him to go on paternity leave when the baby is here and even though he’s giving her a hard time (talking about his masculinity and such), he actually thinks it’s the best idea and that he would probably love it.
Name: Bianca Clarke
Profile: Bianca is Clara’s assistant and they are pretty close because they spend so much time together. Bianca’s girlfriend does not approve of this, even though there is absolutely nothing going on between B and Clara. They’ve grown accustomed to each other’s quirks and that makes working together a lot easier. Clara knows that B has a lot of potential and tries to push her, sometimes a little too much though.
Bianca is more relaxed, likes to party and meet new people. She’s not looking to make a career in a few seconds, she thinks she has enough time for responsibilities later on.
Tomorrow is the NaNoWriMo kick-off event and I am going dressed as a Shadowhunter. I am really excited but also a little terrified. Starting to write on midnight precisely isn’t exactly when my concentration is at my best. Wish me luck! And what did you think of today’s characters?
Great characters – I can really picture Melinda, very driven and sure of herself.
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Thank you! I am so glad you like them!
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wow, I really like these. I love the paternity leave bit, it’s refreshing 🙂
I can totally picture Clara and Bianca’s relationship ;), is her girlfriend going to show up?
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I thought it was important to put some kind of diversity into my story. Paternity leave seemed like a good idea and it makes sense for them too 🙂
B’s girlfriend will probably be mentioned more than she’ll actually appear. I thought about putting her in the post as well, but I don’t quite have a picture of her.
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well, if she’s not important for the plot or character development, that’s more than ok 😉
So, are you ready for tonight?
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Yeah, she’s definitely not a major point of the story. We will see 🙂
I’m pretty much all set. I know my characters pretty well I think and much of today will only be about how to set off the story and explain Dreamer-society without it being an info dump.
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do you already have an idea on how it will start?
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I wanted to start right in with Wick at work and something being wrong with the dream he’s monitoring. I’m just not sure if that will be too confusing. Then again, it will be explained in time.
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maybe it can be confusing, but sometimes that’s good, it’s gripping, it makes you want to keep reading to understand what’s going on.
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I ended up starting right in the action, but I didn’t get very far. I was too tired.hahaha
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did you dresses up? was it fun?
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It was nice, but my costume was crap. The runes didn’t stay at all and I looked more like a goth witch than a Shadowhunter. No one really knew what that was anyway hahaha
But it was still fun, I just didn’t get very far with my writing yet.
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no one knew? what? I thought the whole world knew about shadowhunters!
You’ll get there 😉 it’s probably normal that you don’t get far on the first night, right?
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Well, a couple of people have read City of Bones, but not any of the other books. So, it just wasn’t very present in their mind.
No, it’s not normal hahaha I wrote almost 1,000 words last year.
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oh =/ You’ll get there though 😉
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Sure, it’s just a more complex topic. I am not worried 🙂 also, I was just immensely tired.
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🙂 did you rest?
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Not enough hahaha I had too much to do today. I haven’t even seen Doctor Who yet …
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ohhh, that’s so unlike you 😛
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I’m finishing a post right now and am hoping to get to it then. 😛
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🙂 will you cut back on blogging this month because of the writing?
I’m finally watching Me, Earl and the Dying Girl. I’ve already cried a few times 😦
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No, I don’t think so. I think I can still do both. (except for the time around Comic Con)
So, you’re liking it? 🙂 I am glad you are getting around to it!
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Yes, she just died, and I’m crying like a baby. I think the movie is so much more than the book…
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It is definitely a lot more than the book!!! I cried like a baby as well. The movie just got to me emotionally.
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me too 😥
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Nice characters! I wish I had a brother like Gabe! I really liked the person you picked out for Melinda- really pretty 🙂 Good Luck for NaNo! I’m sure you will do great!
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I would love a brother like Gabe as well. And thank you, I thought long about who I would pick for Melinda and she kept popping up in my mind 🙂
I bet you will do great as well!
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