Meet Maisie Jones
The main character in the serialized RomCom “Matchmakers”
When I write on Medium, I don’t really fall into any particular niche. The same goes for how I write outside of the platform as well. I tend to write about whatever when a particular mood strikes me. A few years ago, I was writing a lot on my fantasy fiction book, The Queen’s Awakening: Retribution.
Taking a little bit of a break from the follow-on to it, I’m exploring the Romantic Comedy side of me with my serialized fiction Matchmakers. Once I finish this story, I’m going to return to Book II; The Queen’s Awakening: Vengeance.
No matter what kind of fiction I find myself writing, I absolutely love character development. So far, one of my favorites is Maisie Jones, the main character in Matchmakers.
Like the summary implies, Maisie is caught in the middle of her friends who have the best intentions. However, her BFFs are completely different from one another. It is most apparent in what kind of men they chose to set Maisie up with. On the one hand, she has the help of Angie: A tough Italian-New Yorker, entrepreneur, and nympho. On the other is Leah: A French prior-stripper now successful interior designer who’d rather play it classy. Poor Maisie is caught in the middle of this betting battle and relies heavily on her gay drag queen friend to help her see this through.
It’s accurate to say that this bet amongst friends wants the best for Maisie, but she may be surprised that the love she is looking for might have been in front of her eyes the whole time. She also doesn’t need to be set up on blind dates anymore because she’s gaining the confidence to be a strong, sexy, independent woman.
“Pushing her plate away, with her French-tipped fingernails, her heart sinks realizing the previous dates she’s brought here. On top of that, she has ordered nearly the identical thing and the waiter was the same one. I think it’s time to find a new blind-date location.” — Maisie Jones, Episode 1: The British-American Blues, Matchmakers
If you are interested in getting to know more about my characters, I am publishing small snippets of them on my Instagram and Facebook accounts every couple of weeks. However, I plan on going more into depth about them here on Medium.
I’d love to see what you think about each character and if you find that you can relate!
If you’ve been interested in starting your own story and stuck on character development or placement, I highly recommend this article by Sherryl Clark.
Are you interested in becoming a Medium member? Start your membership today to support other aspiring writers on Medium. You’ll also receive full access to all of my stories published and access to everything on Medium. Note: this is an affiliate link, and I will receive a portion of your membership fees.
