I think I'm the last writer in this month’s themed Snarkology blog run about heroines. I'm honored to bring up the tail end. First, thanks to Melissa for hosting all of us this month and to the many writers from whom we’ve learned a lot about heroines.
Right now, my daughter is my heroine. She started college this past September at her number one choice for university, and then went right out and found a job a week or so after moving into her dorm. She intends to help pay for her tuition, and she has learned a new skill as a barista. Good grades, a good work ethic, and her eye on a promising future. What more could a proud mother ask for?
I also
want to introduce you to my latest fictional heroine, Miss Josephine Holland, a
self-made, independent lady. I tell her story in An Impassioned Redemption,
which I dedicated to my daughter (though the similarities stop at the feisty
personality and sharp intelligence). Jo is a partner in a successful saloon and
bordello. She apologizes to no man for making money, especially for making it
in a way that is frowned upon by more polite society and particularly by her
own gender in the late 1880s.
