{"id":1223,"date":"2019-07-09T14:29:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:29:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:29:46","slug":"writing-aboutmyself-mfrwauthor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/09\/writing-aboutmyself-mfrwauthor\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing about\u2026myself? #MFRWauthor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/09\/writing-aboutmyself-mfrwauthor\/woman-drawing-a-picture-sketch-of-herself\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_78206940_s-2019_WritingYourself.jpg?fit=1000%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Create yourself, your future destiny, image, career concept. Attractive young woman drawing a picture, sketch of herself on grey wall background. Human face expressions, determination, creativity&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1436808898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;woman drawing a picture, sketch of herself&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"woman drawing a picture, sketch of herself\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_78206940_s-2019_WritingYourself.jpg?fit=840%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1230 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_78206940_s-2019_WritingYourself.jpg?resize=176%2C108&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Drawing ourselves into our stories\" width=\"176\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_78206940_s-2019_WritingYourself.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_78206940_s-2019_WritingYourself.jpg?resize=768%2C470&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_78206940_s-2019_WritingYourself.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 85vw, 176px\" \/>I think it would be very hard to write and never put yourself in the story. I mean, who knows us better than us? And even if we don\u2019t want to, little bits of ourselves find their way into what we write, almost whether we want them to or not.<\/p>\n<p>As part of my life, I\u2019ve written bosses and friends into my books because I\u2019m around their real-life characters so much. I write my husband into most every book, either as villain or hero <em>(mostly<\/em> hero!). Who is a better foil for those people then me, since I interact with them so often? I\u2019ve added dreams of mine (things I want to do or see) as opposed to actual events<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/09\/writing-aboutmyself-mfrwauthor\/cat-with-lion-reflection-in-mirror\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_80968814_s-2019_Dreams.jpg?fit=1000%2C901&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,901\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;A Dogs Life Photography&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Conceptual image of a cat looking into the mirror and seeing a reflection of a large lion&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1298815232&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2014 A Dogs Life Photography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Cat With Lion Reflection in Mirror&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cat With Lion Reflection in Mirror\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_80968814_s-2019_Dreams.jpg?fit=840%2C757&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1231 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_80968814_s-2019_Dreams.jpg?resize=193%2C174&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dreaming\" width=\"193\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_80968814_s-2019_Dreams.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_80968814_s-2019_Dreams.jpg?resize=768%2C692&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Depositphotos_80968814_s-2019_Dreams.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 85vw, 193px\" \/> because that\u2019s more fun, and strangely, enough, looking back, I write heroines most often who look like what I\u2019ve always thought I\u2019d <em>like<\/em> to look: taller, slimmer, red hair and green or bright blue eyes. Sometimes real life is not so magical but we all have dreams and I like to add mine to my books.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s cheating to write about the things you know best, and as I said at the beginning, that\u2019s probably you. Embrace it!<\/p>\n<p>Read the next blog in the blog hop by going <a href=\"http:\/\/mfrw52week.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nomadauthors.com\/deesknight\/\">Dee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7ovi4\">Only a Good Man Will Do<\/a>: Seriously ambitious man seeks woman to encourage his goals, support his (hopeful) position as Headmaster of Westover Academy, and be purer than Caesar&#8217;s wife. Good luck with that!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7Jp0S\">Naval Maneuvers<\/a>: When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can&#8217;t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think it would be very hard to write and never put yourself in the story. I mean, who knows us better than us? And even if we don\u2019t want to, little bits of ourselves find their way into what we write, almost whether we want them to or not. As part of my life, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/09\/writing-aboutmyself-mfrwauthor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Writing about\u2026myself? #MFRWauthor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,1,466],"tags":[353,682,426,681,683],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-information","category-uncategorized","category-writing","tag-dee-s-knight-2","tag-dreaming","tag-dreams","tag-self-reflection","tag-writing-what-you-know"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-jJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1232,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}