Comments on: MENU FOR ROMANCE: The Character-Casting Process

By: Liz Johnson

Liz Johnson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:26:28 +0000

Oh, this is fun! And I love Morena Baccarin in Firefly. I’ll never be able not to think of her when I’m reading the book. I can’t wait for them to arrive.

Thanks for sharing your thought processes. It’s so cool to see how another writer does it.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:32:32 +0000

You know, originally she was just going to be the vixen in this book, but the better I got to know her, the more I realized she was the perfect match for Forbes!

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:31:39 +0000

By: Becky Castle Miller

Becky Castle Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:28:55 +0000

Wait, I think I remember Alaine’s name from SIG. Is she going to be Forbes’s lady?

By: Becky Castle Miller

Becky Castle Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:27:49 +0000

I LOVE Morena Baccarin. I think she’s absolutely beautiful. I hope Alaine isn’t a bad girl!

How do I make it so I have my picture by my name instead of an alien?

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:00:46 +0000

Be sure to let me know if you share yours on your blog–I’d love to see them!

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:59:38 +0000

It’ll be soon, I’m sure. I just hope it lives up to your expectations, now.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:57:44 +0000

As a reader, I want the author to give enough information in their descriptions that I can come up with a mental image of the character—but like you, I don’t want them to tell me on the page who they look like, because I might not agree. Of course, I love seeing these types of posts after I’ve read a book so I can compare where the author was coming from with what I pictured from their descriptions.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:02:21 +0000

I love the character-casting part! It was so awesome to see the pictures!!!! Thanks sooo much for sharing this…it gives me courage to share my own.

And I totally agree about “most of my characters (the heroes) come into being for me because I have the innate ability to spontaneously develop a crush on someone I’ve seen, be it on TV, in the movies…” That’s totally me.

By: Carman Boley

Carman Boley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:15:39 +0000

That was a great post! So many useful things. I will be sitting at my desk looking at these pics when I read your books now SIG is still in transit, last time I looked it was in INDIANAPOLIS, IN. *sigh* It will be here soon.