tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post6577184998843507892..comments2023-11-05T06:14:14.277-06:00Comments on Beth's Banter: Wacky CharactersBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685726789687443442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post-26622763548560383362010-07-31T14:27:24.320-05:002010-07-31T14:27:24.320-05:00Here are some unique professions courtesy of my mo...Here are some unique professions courtesy of my mother who couldn't get them to post: comedian, dentist (dentist, Mom?), movie director, stunt man (that's a good one), logger and politician. <br /><br />Thanks, Mom!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685726789687443442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post-52339725113362432622010-07-31T14:16:12.762-05:002010-07-31T14:16:12.762-05:00Shirley, does the character exorcise closets or he...Shirley, does the character exorcise closets or he/she's in the closet about being an exorcist?! lolBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685726789687443442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post-88332229828753263572010-07-30T16:51:36.812-05:002010-07-30T16:51:36.812-05:00Not joking, Beth. It was a short story, but the ma...Not joking, Beth. It was a short story, but the main character had a side job as a closet exorcist!Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post-60108210066328367212010-07-28T20:23:02.190-05:002010-07-28T20:23:02.190-05:00Thanks, Shirley, Kathy and Maurine. Great ideas fr...Thanks, Shirley, Kathy and Maurine. Great ideas from ALL of you. I can tell you're all very good writers.<br /><br />I think choosing a unique profession like this would spur on a great story, don't you? Shirley, are you joking about yours?!<br /><br />I thought of a couple more...a spy and a slave )(that would have to be an historical which I don't write) or it could be a relative of a slave and how that changed his/her life.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685726789687443442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post-69523209632865051112010-07-28T16:09:27.119-05:002010-07-28T16:09:27.119-05:00I've written quite a few stories with cowboys,...I've written quite a few stories with cowboys, rodeo riders, and even a female bullfighter (rodeo, not matador). One of my heroines worked in a morgue. Would that count as an undertaker? One of my miner POV characters in a romantic suspense was a bank robber and one of my heroes was an inventor. I might try my hand at a prostitute or escort girl, maybe even a stripper.<br /><br />Unique professions fascinate me and I'm sure I've heard of a few that you didn't mention; I just can't think of them right now, though I probably will in a couple of days when no one cares anymore.<br /><br />I like Shirley's closet exorcist (I could use one for my closet) and would look forward to reading it. Kathy's idea was a good one too. By the way, Kathy, how is that story going?<br /><br />Read your poem. Nice job.Maurinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671846311189282117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post-47200428020526798792010-07-28T09:04:27.218-05:002010-07-28T09:04:27.218-05:00I haven't used any of the characers you've...I haven't used any of the characers you've mentioned, though I find each of them intriguing. How about a billionair who poses as a homeless person to annonimously provide for down in their luck people. He falls in love with a young mother who had fled her abusive marriage and is struggling to get on her feet? Cool concept! <br /><br />I wrote a short on a female anchor woman who exposed child abuse while covering a religious cult society.<br /><br />I also used a Private Investigator who falls in love with a Chicago-based homocide detective. She was hired by a Jewish man whose daughter has gone missing, and in fact, was murdered. A mystery with romantic undertones.kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588532637686160044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744229911868864730.post-77394944868784377762010-07-27T17:57:28.723-05:002010-07-27T17:57:28.723-05:00Well, I've not used any of the ones you mentio...Well, I've not used any of the ones you mentioned, but I have used a closet exorcist(cleans your closets). Of course, no one has bought it yet.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com