Creating Strong Characters
This is part of a guest post I wrote for author Lauren Dawes’ Blog.
To read the full post click here:

This question actually made me sit down and count the characters in my book. I had no idea how many women I’d included in Altaica and Asena Blessed. The preponderance of female characters within my stories is most certainly due to the women around whom I grew up. My mother was a woman capable of doing any of the farm work on our family farm that my father did, worked long hard hours and still found time for her children, despite her own exhaustion – super woman? Yes, she was. My grandmothers were both a huge influence on me too – their stories were far from easy and deserve their own novels. My family is not unique. These stories of strength, resilience, compassion and love are all around us and not just amongst women.

The full post is up on author Lauren Dawes’ Blog. So if you want to read my ideas regarding:
- What makes a strong character?
- Characters should be strong regardless of gender
- How to create convincing characters
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