Tell me this isn't freakish...
My characters are often an exaggerated portion of my own psyche-- my insecurities, fears, fantasies, etc.
However the weirdest thing is that I wrote a book where the main character was male (I'm female), and he was utterly unlike me in every physical/practical way, although emotionally we are similar. But I liked him a lot and I had a lot of fun writing him.
Then I met a guy. Who I ended up marrying. And then realized... The man who is now my husband shares the same physical characteristics of my character, has the same (unusual) job, and likes the same things. All qualities which, I might add, I had put on a "NO" list for potential mates. My husband is basically the complete opposite of the "mental image" I had in mind for who I would eventually marry.
Don't get me wrong-- I'm completely happy with him! However sometimes I get freaked out... like, did I write about this guy, develop a crush on him, and then unconsciously go looking for someone like him in the real world???
Then again, I guess not everyone can say they married someone right out of a storybook.