"Who is the most unusual, oddest, or most unique character you've ever written?"
Well, "unusual" and "oddest" are always subjective to the reader. I've written some peripheral characters that might fit those descriptions, but I'd say some of my characters fit the "unique" category more easily.
In Destination I think "Grams" is one of my more unique - and lovable - characters to fill the pages of my novel. She says it like it is, has keen perception enhanced by the Holy Spirit, and a tender heart that's endured extreme pain, having lost her two adult sons in the military and her husband after them. She was a joy to write and somehow remarkably easy.
In The Famous One I do believe Joey Parr is a unique character. Written as his fictional biography, the reader gets to know him from his youth and how he "happened" to become a star. He was exceptionally enjoyable to write, trying to capture the depth of his character through his struggles.
In Breath of Life I wrote Shaylen Price who is a best-selling author writing under the pseudonym Cabin LuCaine. She's virtuous and solemn from a serious loss in her life when she meets Michael Jamison who is anything but virtuous but is inspired by hers to change his perceptions of just about everything. Writing her was a challenge to keep her "in character" at times because she truly is an innocent woman, in contrast to Michael, and is falling hard for him. She considers herself "not normal" because of her naivete and innocence at her age with only one meaningful experience with a special man who was a SEAL and a friend of her brother's which is how they met. He was KIA, and the loss Shay felt was enormous. There are some heavy moments in the story as the two of them find each other and themselves in different ways.
I do everything I can to make my characters seem real and relatable. That's my objective.
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Father, thank you for each unique character, all the words, everything. Thank you is never enough. Apart from you, I can do nothing. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.