Okay, getting back on track today with our “conversations about characters”!
Over the weekend, I read Susan Sleeman‘s cozy romantic mystery, Nipped in the Bud. I don’t often read cozies, but Nipped‘s quirky humor was a fun change from my usual fare.
Since I’ve written a mystery/suspense series that features a herbal medicine researcher, I was particularly taken with the clever idiosyncrasy Susan gave her character of thinking of each person she meets as a flower.
Lots of questions we could discuss on that front, such as if you were a flower, what would you like to be? Or what kind of flower do you think others would say you are?
I’d like to think of myself as a sunflower. My hero in my October release gives the heroine sunflowers because they are bright and cheerful like her. And like sunflowers, I strive to keep my face looking toward the sun (son)!
On the flipside, sometimes in life we attach labels to people the minute we meet them, and treat them accordingly, only to find out later that we were wrong.
Now, for my undercover cops, snap judgments are a survival skill, but most of us need to be careful about unwittingly doing harm to others as the result of a less-than-stellar first impression.
Your Turn: If you were a flower or plant, what would you be…or like to be? Any suggestions for guarding against making snap judgments of those we meet.
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Hmmm…I’ll have to think about that. My gut answer is a daisy. Pretty hardy, able to withstand all manner of abuse and still pops up smiling after a season. 🙂
ooh, I like that description.
I would be a bright poppy or rose, but in reality, I’m more of a maple tree – I’m stronger than I know.
That’s a good way to be. 🙂
A sunflower for sure….the giant one! Hub planted some last year, and we enjoyed watching them grow…and birds eat from them.
Oh, how magnificent. There’s something about sunflowers that makes me all warm inside. 🙂
I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve stopped by your blog, Sandra! I’ll be back for sure. You know what plant I’d like to be like? A tree…solid, strong, with deep roots. I think far too often I might act more like a feathery dandelion…a little too much wind and I float into pieces…hehehe…
Thanks for stopping by Melissa! I love your descriptions, written like a true writer. 🙂
What a fun idea – thinking of people in terms of something lovely like flowers! And I like that cover. I used to be more like a gerber daisy – more social, outgoing. Now there are times I’m content to be a shy violet. 🙂
I feel like I am more of an ecclectic mix of wildflowers. Unexpected. A little mismatched but somehow together. Straight-laced and free-spirited all in one crazy bundle. But I don’t think that is at all how people first perceieve me. In fact, I know it’s not.
Great thoughts today, Sandra!
I am a poppy, bright orange and happy most of the time, but more fragile than you might think.
When I’m tempted to make snap judgements, the Holy Spirit helps me by nudging my heart with, “And you’re so perfect?”
You’ve all come up with such telling descriptions. I love them. Thanks so much!