Elizabeth Hoyt
That is soooo totally a spoiler question, Violet! ;-)
And really, it's alllllll Hiddles.
No, okay. I'm actually really interested and/or influenced by TV and movies. Waaaaay back in the day when I started writing I analyzed a lot of other writer's books, because that's what writers do. Now, however, I like using visual media, maybe because it's several steps removed from my own art. When a well written character comes on that grabs me and that I notice grabs a lot of other people (BBC's Sherlock, Hiddle's Loki, recently, Cillian Murphy's character on Peaky Blinders) I like to analyze WHY that character is different, why he's so compelling, what makes him sexy (if he is) why I want to keep watching him. And I try to use whatever I can learn from that in my books. Simple.
I should add that I don't try to copy a character. I've always loved creating my own characters. Also, the first movie that I really analyzed was the modern "3:10 to Yuma" with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Crowe was the villain in that movie--a nasty sociopath--but he was also strangely charismatic and with his own code of honor. I spent a long time thinking about that and how I wanted to someday to write my own villain turned hero. Several years later I wrote Charming Mickey O'Connor in Scandalous Desires.
And really, it's alllllll Hiddles.
No, okay. I'm actually really interested and/or influenced by TV and movies. Waaaaay back in the day when I started writing I analyzed a lot of other writer's books, because that's what writers do. Now, however, I like using visual media, maybe because it's several steps removed from my own art. When a well written character comes on that grabs me and that I notice grabs a lot of other people (BBC's Sherlock, Hiddle's Loki, recently, Cillian Murphy's character on Peaky Blinders) I like to analyze WHY that character is different, why he's so compelling, what makes him sexy (if he is) why I want to keep watching him. And I try to use whatever I can learn from that in my books. Simple.
I should add that I don't try to copy a character. I've always loved creating my own characters. Also, the first movie that I really analyzed was the modern "3:10 to Yuma" with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Crowe was the villain in that movie--a nasty sociopath--but he was also strangely charismatic and with his own code of honor. I spent a long time thinking about that and how I wanted to someday to write my own villain turned hero. Several years later I wrote Charming Mickey O'Connor in Scandalous Desires.
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Me again! So its been 2 months and I'm still not over the Maiden Lane series..since then I've read the princes trilogy and I recently started the four soliders books...and I have to say I didn't realize how much I adored your pinterest boards for each book! you didn't have any for the soldiers books or the princes and I'm a little sad...would you ever put some up? loved to seduce a sinner!
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