I must say I really enjoy your blog and your writing. I used to do character sketches often and I would start their back stories before I wrote the current story just so I would get a good feel of how they would react in a situation. I start out with a profession or lifestyle, then make them unique. Here is a sketch I’ve written:

Patt never was good at being what people wanted him to be. He wasted no time in disappointing his mother when he was born a boy. She had been hoping for a girl and decided that if she had to live with him he’d have an androgynous name so she wouldn’t have to be constantly reminded of his failure. However, to make sure Patt never forgot, she made him spell his name with two Ts. She had been hoping he’d keep the unique spelling all the way through law school. He did keep the spelling the same, even when he got his auto mechanic’s blue jumpsuit it clearly spelled out P-A-T-T in cursive low-cost stitching on the left breast pocket.