The character we are getting to know in this interview is Hester Bliss.
1) What does your character regret the most in their life?
That she is forgetting what her mother was like.
2) What is your
character's happiest memory? Most sorrowful memory?
Happiest - sitting in her mother's lap and being taught how to hold and thread a needle. Sorrowful - when
her mother was taken away.
3) What majorly gets on your character’s nerves?
Mess. And messy people. Hester likes things to be neat and tidy.
4) Do they act differently when they're around people as
opposed to being alone? If so, how?
Yes - she likes being alone and is happiest when there is no
one else around. When there are people she prefers to blend into the
background. She is striving to behave better and to not look so startled when people speak to her.
5) What are their beliefs and superstitions?
She believes that mending clothes while they are being worn
will bring sorrow, and also that new-born babies should never first be dressed
in something new-made or new-bought.
6) What are their catchphrases, or things they say
frequently?
Hester doesn't speak. Ever. But if she did it would be something like 'a place for everything and everything in its place.'
7) Would they be more prone to facing fears or running from
them?
Definitely running from them! Although this is not always possible, particularly when Mr Corbie disappears and leaves her to manage the business.
8) Do they have a good self image?
No - she thinks she is too shy and awkward, and is a
constant trial to Mrs Grimble. She is often told she is too skinny, or that
she's 'a funny wee thing.'
9) Do they turn to people when they're upset, or do they
isolate themselves?
She isolates herself. When she is upset she would rather go
into the garden or up into the attics to be alone. Grief is a very private
thing for her.
10) If they were standing next to you would it make you
laugh or cry?
Probably neither, because both would distress Hester. I'd settle for making eye-contact.
