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Live Event with Darren Humphries - 23rd of March 2012 at 7.30 pm
Patti and I are obviously incom-Patti-ble.I'll get me coat.
Eventually.
Darren, you said you had news to share tonight. Out with it, please!
Hey there, sorry was just away from puter!If you could have any actors playing the characters in the undead books, who would you choose for each?
Shaun wrote: "Just got home from a jog so thought I'd drop in to say hi. And I'll ask a question or two while I'm here.Do you have a writing schedule? And do you plot your novels?"
Hi Shaun, really really pleased to see you pop in :)
Ooooh yes! THAT news!
Darren wrote: "Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Do you have clear pictures in your head of what your characters look like?"I know absolutely what my characters look like, but I bet that they're not the same ..."
Yes it does answer my question. Thank you.
Emma is a peach! wrote: "Hey there, sorry was just away from puter!If you could have any actors playing the characters in the undead books, who would you choose for each?"
I hadn't thought about that, but I did think about it long and hard so here we go.
Agent Ward - Nathan Fillion (bound to be a crowd pleaser)
Mrs Freidriksen - Catherine Deneuve
Penny Kilkenny - Kate Winslet/Keira Knightly (tough choice)
Veronika Bevilacqua - Salma Hayek
Mettles - Ron Perlman (who's also my choice for Balrek by the way)
You mean you aren't going to play Agent Ward? We all know it's you!
Darren wrote: "Emma is a peach! wrote: "Hey there, sorry was just away from puter!If you could have any actors playing the characters in the undead books, who would you choose for each?"
I hadn't thought abou..."
Good choice ! That'd be an awesome movie !
Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Ooooh yes! THAT news!"HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!
Shaun wrote: "Just got home from a jog so thought I'd drop in to say hi. And I'll ask a question or two while I'm here.Do you have a writing schedule? And do you plot your novels?"
Hey Shaun, how you doing?
No, my life doesn't permit anything on a schedule.
I wrote this earlier about the planning:
"Writing a book is like a journey for me and when I start I know where I’m departing from, what the destination is and some of the stops along the way, but the only way to know what the scenery is going to be like is to ride the train. It’s the only metaphor that I can come up with. Some scenes are planned out, some characters’ arcs are planned out, but the rest comes out of the writing and I discover a lot of it as I go."
Minor characters especially are something that I like to discover as they wander shell-shocked into the storyline.
I just saw the words Nathan Fillion and dissolved into a puddle. Perfect choice!
Patti (Perky Pineapple) wrote: "Darren, you said you had news to share tonight. Out with it, please!"
Patti, that news is for the end of the event.
Hi Darren!I'm late, I'm sorry but I do have a question! Sorry if it has already been asked!
Do you know how your book is going to end right from the beginning???
How much of your story do you plan out before hand and how much just comes to you as the characters develop??? :-D
Ignite wrote: "You mean you aren't going to play Agent Ward? We all know it's you!"If it meant that I got to cavort with Salma Hayek then I am there.
Yep Nathan Fillion is definitely the perfect choice! I can see Kate Winslet more than Keira knightly as Penny :-)
Ignite wrote: "I'll have to google Fillion. No idea!"IGNITE!!! You haven't lived!
I totally agree with the cockiness of Nathan Fillion for Ward.
Good answer. It's pretty much how I write too. That way I'm as surprised as any other reader when things happen that I wasn't expecting.
Darren, in my review I tried to describe Agent Ward with characters that everyone more or less knows... maybe I was totally wrong, but am curious to know how you'd describe him using movie/book characters that we all know of :)
Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Ignite wrote: "I'll have to google Fillion. No idea!"IGNITE!!! You haven't lived!"
Oh believe me I have! That's why girlie boys don't do it for me.
Ignite wrote: "I'll have to google Fillion. No idea!"What?!?!?
What?!?!?!
WHAT?!?!?!
GL you need to re educate Ignite!
D.d. wrote: "Hi Darren!I'm late, I'm sorry but I do have a question! Sorry if it has already been asked!
Do you know how your book is going to end right from the beginning???
How much of your story do you ..."
DD hi. Glad you could make it. I just answered that for Shaun a few posts back (212 I think), but the ending is one of the things that I know first.
Patti (Perky Pineapple) wrote: "I totally agree with the cockiness of Nathan Fillion for Ward."Yeah - he's got swagger in bucketfuls!
Ignite wrote: "I'll have to google Fillion. No idea!"I did tweet him and asked him to pop in and talk to us about his Book Charity, but he never replied :(
Maybe I need to take you lasses in hand and teach you about real men!
Darren wrote: "D.d. wrote: "Hi Darren!I'm late, I'm sorry but I do have a question! Sorry if it has already been asked!
Do you know how your book is going to end right from the beginning???
How much of your ..."
Sorry!
Thanks for answering it again for me!!!
Emma is a peach! wrote: "Yep Nathan Fillion is definitely the perfect choice! I can see Kate Winslet more than Keira knightly as Penny :-)"Me too, I was under the impression that she was rather voluptuous as far as silhouette was concerned :)
Shaun wrote: "Good answer. It's pretty much how I write too. That way I'm as surprised as any other reader when things happen that I wasn't expecting."I love it when a book takes me somewhere I hadn't envisaged, but it can be a pain sometimes and I've had to abandon more than one manuscript where the characters just refused to behave themselves.
I don't know who this Nathan chap is either.....?!
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Ignite wrote: "Maybe I need to take you lasses in hand and teach you about real men!"I know a few....
Ignite wrote: "Maybe I need to take you lasses in hand and teach you about real men!"Now I'm intrigued....who is your pin up Ignite???
Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Ignite wrote: "Maybe I need to take you lasses in hand and teach you about real men!"I know a few...."
Courgettes? I've had a few - but then again, too few to mention!
"Agent Ward - Nathan Fillion" to be expected from someone who allowed himself to be inspired by SERENITY. I'm sold.
D.d. wrote: "Ignite wrote: "Maybe I need to take you lasses in hand and teach you about real men!"Now I'm intrigued....who is your pin up Ignite???"
I said to someone recently that it's not about face or body. I could fall in love with a brain in a jar if it had the right character/personality.
errrm - isn't this supposed to be about Darren...?
Lorraine - Spoiler code in the first post wrote: "Darren, in my review I tried to describe Agent Ward with characters that everyone more or less knows... maybe I was totally wrong, but am curious to know how you'd describe him using movie/book cha..."Ward is a bit like James Bond as he was written. He's a tough guy and doesn't suffer fools gladly. He's got the adventurous nature of Indiana Jones, but there's a streak of darkness that means if it weren't for his ironclad code of honour he could easily be working for the bad guys. He loves women, but only strong ones and the looks are secondary.(OK I know that he only ever seems to be surrounded by beautiful women, but give the guy a break).
Lorraine - Spoiler code in the first post wrote: "Emma is a peach! wrote: "Yep Nathan Fillion is definitely the perfect choice! I can see Kate Winslet more than Keira knightly as Penny :-)"Me too, I was under the impression that she was rather v..."
The most important thing about Penny Kilkenny is her impish, playful, warm quality and I see that in both Keira and Kate. I don't get quite so hung up on the physical appearance side of things.
Do you ever put other people you know into your books?
Darren wrote: "I don't get quite so hung up on the physical appearance side of things. "I'm a woman, hence I do lol !
Ignite wrote: "If Darren's brain were in a jar...."And what makes you think that they're not? Ever seen Steve Martin's THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS?
That's what I mean. Doesn't matter.I am a woman too Lorraine - at least, I was at my last medical!
Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Do you ever put other people you know into your books?"Fiction books? Nope, not ever. Considering most of the characters in my books are pretty insane that would have been difficult for me before starting with this forum.
Darren wrote: "Ignite wrote: "If Darren's brain were in a jar...."And what makes you think that they're not? Ever seen Steve Martin's THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS?"
Yes! Miss Ermelmahey. It's pronounced Azaleas.
Darren wrote: "Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Do you ever put other people you know into your books?"Fiction books? Nope, not ever. Considering most of the characters in my books are pretty insane that wou..."
Ha ha, lots of crazy for you to use now though eh?
Do know Agent Ward's backstory, Darren? If you do is it shared in the books at some point?
Darren wrote: "Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "Do you ever put other people you know into your books?"Fiction books? Nope, not ever. Considering most of the characters in my books are pretty insane that wou..."
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