My Character Bloghop

My friend Cole has tagged me in a bloghop (thanks, Cole!). In this particular hop, the participants share five facts about the Main Character in their current WIP. Since I’m juggling between potential WIPs at the moment, I’ll give you five facts about Pearl, the MC in the novel I’m currently querying* (see HERE for the query if you want to know what the novel’s about).

1. Pearl is a sixteen year old girl from Aren, the largest city in the country of Lastria on the planet Maralan. Maralan in somewhere in Andromeda.
2. As with all Maralanians, she has blue blood, which gives her very pale skin a slight blue tint. This is one of only a handful of features that distinguish Maralanians from other humanoid life forms.
3. Pearl has an obsessive personality. When she’s “into” something, she’s into it 200%. Her main two obsessions in life are the planet Earth and its inhabitants, and the 70s Swedish pop group ABBA. This is why she is clueless about science, and not very good at mathematics, but is fluent in English, and very well versed in late-20th and early-21st century Earth culture. She also knows the words to every song on her “ABBA Gold” CD, procured for her by her Male Guardian on a work-related trip to Earth.
4. Pearl has no family that she knows of. As is the case with all Maralanian children, she was conceived by a “love couple,” but is being raised by Guardians. These Guardians are paid to feed, clothe, house, and educate the children under their care. Concepts such as parents, siblings, marriage, and family are things Pearl reads about in text books, but no-one on her planet really understands.
5. Pearl has an adventurous spirit, but is almost compulsive about rules. It doesn’t help that her best friend, Trinnie, is almost as compulsive about rule-breaking. Trinnie is usually the one giving Pearl a crisis of conscience, but she also instigates her most memorable adventures. Like the time Trinnie found a time travel device in Pearl’s Guardian’s work room–a work room that was supposed to be off-limits…

If you’re a literary agent and would like to read more about that adventure, contact me. 🙂

Now I need to tag a few people. And I think I’ll tag… Jennifer Pickrell and Patricia Lynne. If you’ve already been tagged, then just link to your article in the comments. Thanks!

* Cole also specifically mentioned she would like to know more about Pearl, so that sort of clinches it, really.