Guest Post: Linda Wisdom and Witches in the Workplace - With a Give-Away!!

Thank you to Wendy for having me here to talk about my witches and their jobs.

Creating a character is an overall job. Not just their looks and personalities but even their occupation, because it adds to the picture you have in your mind. And that means they need employment that fits them.

From the beginning I knew Jazz was a curse eliminator by day and limo driver by night. Very much an unusual occupation duo but it worked for her and I had fun coming up with the curses she had to banish.

Just as Stasi, with her romantic nature, loved her lingerie boutique that also offered up romance novels. You have to admit it can be fun to find sexy lingerie and pick up some erotica novels at the same time.

While Blair loves anything retro and her shop is proof of it whether it’s an original Barbie doll, a ration card from World War II or a woman’s silver hairbrush from the 1700s. Her shop allows her to dress in any time period she chooses and even add a glamour spell to intensify that look.

From here we’ll be going on to Maggie, a bounty hunter and security specialist for the Ruling Council. If a creature goes rogue, she and her team will be sent in. She’s totally kick ass and think of her steps above Buffy. She likes to say the FBI didn’t trust her and the CIA feared her. The thing is, it’s true.

And Thea, my diva romance writer witch. If anyone can write believable historical romance, you know she can. Not to mention she can use her fellow witches’ love lives. She has attitude, but there’s something about her you have to like. Fluff and Puff definitely do since she keeps them supplied with the most expensive chocolate in the world.

Have they ever had what some might call ‘real’ jobs? Oh yes. Some worked out, others didn’t. You never remind Jazz she’d once been a carhop for two hours. Graceful on roller skates she’s not. Or that Stasi worked as a ladies maid. And Thea was a lady-in-waiting to Catherine DeMedici. Maggie used glamours to pretend to be a soldier. Blair quickly learned that being a nanny wasn’t the right job for her. She may like children, but overseeing them was something else.

I like to think their past occupations led up to where they are now. They didn’t have exotic jobs. They worked hard since they couldn’t use their magick to even feed themselves. But that didn’t mean that I didn’t add some fun employment into their pasts.

And I plan to keep on doing that because it’s flat out fun. I can tell you there will be a doctor coming up, someone running another kind of specialty boutique and who knows what other surprises might come up.

So what about you? What kind of job do you think one of my witches should have? Give me some fun ideas.

Linda

About the Author:

Linda Wisdom has published more than 70 novels with 13 million copies sold worldwide including traditional, paranormal, humor, action/adventure romance, and romantic suspense. Her bestselling books have been nominated for Romantic Times awards and the Romance Writers of America Rita Award. She lives with her husband in Murrieta, California.

Hex in High Heels—in stores October 2009!
Fourth in the popular, light paranormal romance series by an author whose books have sold 13 million copies

In this sexy, funny paranormal romance by bestselling author Linda Wisdom, it's all beautiful witch Blair Fitzpatrick can do to keep a lid on her talent for revenge spells, but things are about to get a lot more complicated...

Blair loves running her vintage shop and hanging out with witchy friends Stasi and Jazz. She's forever had a crush on hunky carpenter Jake Harrison, whose Were nature (he's a Border collie) makes him loyal, lovable, and fierce when need be. Just as sparks are beginning to fly, Blair is served with a big surprise when Jake's mother shows up along with his pack leader, who threatens to make Jake heel! When the alpha does the unthinkable, Blair is pushed over the edge. No one messes with her boyfriend-to-be, even if he does shed on the furniture!

The Publisher is allowing me to give away 2 copies of Hex in High Heels!!

USA & CANADA ONLY

To enter, please leave a comment, with your email, answering Linda's question above. Winners will be announced on Monday, October 26th.

So what about you? What kind of job do you think one of my witches should have?