Kari Summers (GBE 44 and Writercize 168)
On Alana's Writercize blog she suggests taking a name from either a random name generator or a short story you are working on and list a number of characteristics for them. I choose Kari Summers, who is in the Streetlights series that I've published on this blog and a longer story that I am editing. Kari is: An aging hippie Prefers long skirts Doesn't mind the grey streaks in her raven hair Drives an old VW camper Works as a bartender on occasion. Buys, sells and makes silver jewelry Has never married Has never had children Has no living relatives Took care of her mother through her final illness Has a reputation for being a "Death Angel" Questions authority Questions humanity Doesn't get along with other women, even though she has one night stands with them. Is something of a loner Smokes a lot of pot Drinks fairly heavily Lives in the house she was born in. Though she has traveled quite a bit, always returns to her Eastside Atlanta hom...