I couldn’t think of any great additions to the human casting for PEEPs characters, so I’ve cast animals instead. This is a very silly blog post. It lacks logic and any attempt at true research. Enjoy! ~ The Red Pen.
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Haunted Series Casting For the Big or Small Screen!
Blog time again! I’m in the process of writing book #20 of the Haunted Series. Because of this, my mind is in another world, so forgive me if I’m a bit inattentive here and on FB for a while. Last week, a few readers asked me: if the Haunted Series were brought to the big or little screen, who would I see playing whom. I think the most difficult thing to do is to take a character I have created and try to find a human that looks like them to me.
In only two cases have I used a real life person as stimulus for a character. Jake was loosely taken from the WebGuy’s good friend, who is notoriously vague when it comes to answering questions. I thought this attitude would make for an ironic ghost in the computer system of PEEPs. The other character is Ed, aka He-who-walks-through-time. I took inspiration from Dwayne Johnson’s (The Rock) Scorpion King character for my Superhuman.
Read MoreSummerbreak Dance
I’m back from my minibreak and ready to return to the first draft of book # 20, tentatively called “Give him enough rope.” This title occurred to me as I was driving per my navigation system’s instructions down a one-lane gravel road in the middle of nowhere. I thought, I’ll just not question the computer, and I continued on, giving it enough rope, so to speak. Uh oh. It was four tense miles, but I came out of it with a book title and a dust-covered vehicle. By the way, if you want to see the USA, now’s the time to do it. Gas prices are low and the navigation systems seem to be having fun and are taking us for a ride. Speaking of rides, Cid has been selling very well. Thank you to all who have purchased and read the first of the Cid Garrett P.I. series.
Read MoreAn Update and a Thank you
I’m squeezing in some time to thank everyone for an amazing launch of “The Long Game.” Yes, there have been mixed reviews. I’m not unhappy with the comments. I find that each reader, after reading 18 books, has a path in mind where they want PEEPs to go. But I have to write the book that is inside me, so as long as everyone is still enjoying the series, it will continue.
I’ve started book 20. There’s no firm title as of yet. It’s going to be an interesting book to write. I have two investigators who are either ready to give birth or are several months pregnant. But we women can do just about anything, so I have confidence in the PEEPs team. I have a big surprise at the beginning. I won’t spoil it for you, but I’m grinning ear to ear at the moment. For those guessing, it’s not Audrey giving birth, try again.
Cid the first novel of Cid Garett P. I. is in editing. The Red Pen hasn’t growled at me yet, so I’m thinking she likes it. Crossing my fingers.
Please forgive for this for being short, but I’m lost in the muse.
Alexie
Haunted Melodies
When I was looking into writing this blogpost, I had every intention of listing all the musicians who have passed on in 2016. As I researched this, I found that I was unaware of most of their passings, but not of their contributions to the music I have enjoyed in my life. I didn’t want to mirror what others have said about Prince, Haggard, Frey, and Bowie. Instead, I thought about discussing whether or not we are haunted by music.
Read MoreBottom of the 9th inning!
It’s late Thursday afternoon. The Webguy taps my shoulder, and I nearly jump out of my skin. “Do you have this week’s blog post?” It takes me a moment, as I am so deep into what I’m writing that it sounded like, “Do you have a blocked nose?” After my brain sorted this out, I answered, “no.” He offered to write it, but I thought I would just come clean. I don’t have it because I’m in the ninth inning of my book.
Read MoreWelcome Spring
Winter, calendar-wise, is hitting the skids this Sunday. Let’s celebrate spring by looking forward to all we have coming up.
Read MorePlans ABC
For those writers and readers who are lucky enough to have succeeded with their Plan A and have their fictional and/or reality plots all figured out, I salute you. How does it feel? I’ve lived my life satisfied with Plans B through Z - although, I did marry my Plan A crush, whoa. That in itself was a surprise, as I had already figured out I would be a happy spinster living in my cottage by the sea, surrounded by good books to read, looking forward to frightening children on Halloween. Yup, that was my Plan A.
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