Where do my characters come from?

People!: my friends, family, and coworkers.

I love incorporating people I know into my stories (and so do they!). And by merging the characteristics of the people I know into my stories, it brings my characters to life, effortlessly, due to their own quirks and personalities that make them memorable. Their temperaments can be funny, their confusion to situations can bring out great points, and their type of bravery makes them kind. They’re real and relatable.

And since I love imitating their characteristics, I don’t even want to change their appearances either. Their hairstyles, their freckles and their button noses are all what makes them memorable and compliments their personalities so well. So, I try and keep as much of their appearances as I can while I create the characters. They are all so perfectly imperfect, I can’t be happier with how they turned out.