Character Interview with Bryn Baczek
Character Name: Bryn Geneva Baczek. My first name is Welsh. I had a grandmother named Geneva. And Baczek is Polish. People mispronounce my last name in a variety of ways. Not even everyone in the family says it the same.
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself--both something we learn from [the story] and something that readers might not guess?
You can read what I look like: tall, straight red hair and two different colored eyes. The eye color thing is called heterochromia What my author hasn’t blabbed yet is that when I was young, some kids taunted me by calling me “fake-eyes” or “rainbow eyes.” Sometimes even “snake-eyes,” even though very few snakes have different colored eyes. My mother told me the other kids teased me because they were jealous, but I knew that wasn’t true. It was because I was different. I found consolation in a Native American myth about how dogs with different colored eyes are able to see both heaven and earth. It wasn’t something I could do, but I liked the idea.
2. How did you first meet your writer?
My writer introduced me to readers in 2020. She had an unpronounceable Polish name before she got married and apparently wanted a protagonist to suffer the same fate. She even gave me a sailboat with the same name as one she lived on years ago. We also share the same sense of humor. Although I sometimes worry about the dangerous situations I find myself in, Charlotte promises she will keep me safe and that there will be more stories about me, my friends and family in the future.
3. Want to dish about him/her?
She made me tall because she’s short. She gave me red hair because she read Ann of Green Gables when she was young. And she gave me two different colored eyes because she has a cousin with heterochromia and always thought it was cool. In other words, she wasn’t thinking about my feelings when she started writing about me—it was all about her.
4. Why do you think that your life has ended up being in a book?
I think my author wanted to stay at her desk while living it up a little. She’s living vicariously through me—meeting interesting people, having adventures, and enjoying a pet that she would be allergic to.
5. Who's your favorite character? Why?
I love my cat, Macavity, but
I’m also fond of my two good friends, Logan and Sophie. Macavity is my
alter-ego, but Logan and Sophie support me unconditionally. You don’t get that
from many people.
6. Who's your least favorite character? Why?
My least favorite character is
my neighbor on the Knotty Lady. Macavity doesn’t much like him; that’s good
enough for me.
7. What's next for you?
I understand that I may see
something I shouldn’t while I’m at the top of my mast making a repair. Sometimes
you can be doing something entirely innocent and still find yourself in
trouble. As well as the focus of another mystery novel with a long title!
About Who, Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite
A heated argument on a nearby boat followed by a loud splash . . .
Who, Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite is a mystery set in an urban boating community in Seattle. Bryn Baczek lives on a sailboat in a small marina with her cat, Macavity, and a series of short-lived goldfish. When a neighbor she doesn’t like becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation, she reluctantly seeks evidence to prove him innocent. She ends up being threatened by the victim’s abusive boyfriend, betrayed by a close friend, and can’t resist using subterfuge to enter a secured building to search the victim’s office. Although she shares what she learns with a charming detective, she is one step ahead of the police in identifying the murderer . . . a step that puts her in a dangerous face-to-face confrontation.
About Charlotte Stuart
In a world filled with uncertainty and too little chocolate, Charlotte Stuart, PhD, has taught college courses in speech communication, was a management consultant and a VP of HR, and has enjoyed time spent sailing and commercial salmon fishing in Alaska. Her current passion is for writing mysteries with a dollop of adventure and a smattering of humor. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys watching herons, eagles, seals and other sea life from her Vashon Island home office.
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