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uberVU - social comments — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:36:59 +0000

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By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:19:09 +0000

I think you’ve got something there. Visual readers versus nonvisual readers. My editor doesn’t remember description, so he doesn’t care and, in fact, gets a bit annoyed with it. My copyeditor doesn’t see movies in her head when she reads, so she appreciates the description.

What I TEND to do is have the *insert character/object/location here* in my head and then go looking for something that approximates it.

By: Kinsey Holley

Kinsey Holley — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:14:49 +0000

I do the same thing. I can’t write a character without a real person to base him/her on – I used to think it was a creative failing of mine, but you’re right – some of us just aren’t visual. I do the same thing when I read books, actually, and it’s not entirely voluntary.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:45:58 +0000

Actually, Nicole Kidman was in my head, but she didn’t quite fit, so when I saw Isabelle Huppert, it was like it clicked.

14tonks overrode Sebastian’s description in her head and made him blond. I still can’t get over that. LOL

But, um, Linda Evans??? Aaaaiiieeeeee!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:30:06 +0000

Now I had pictured Pierce Brosnan for Sebastian and a younger Nicole Kidman for Giselle. I must really be showing my age because I had a Linda Evans type in my head acting out the part of Eilis. LOL.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:18:27 +0000

Somebody else? *blinks innocently* Oh! You mean Lilith, right? Nikki Sixx as Sebastian does indeed depend on stripping him down to his face, but it's a gorgeous face and a gorgeous smile, so I couldn't help myself. I've adored it since I was 14 years old. I originally based Knox's looks on someone I knew personally, but as time went on, that faded and he took on his own looks, but in my mind they were fuzzy. I got close with a dude named Vladimir Kulich, but was never quite right. The minute I saw Eckhart in Dark Knight I knew that was Knox. Never heard of him before. Then I went a-googling. He's the same age and height as Knox. It was downright spooky. LOL Considering Eilis's gene pool, it should be no surprise she turned out a bit Viking Queenish.

By: Elyse

Elyse — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:13:03 +0000

I always picture *ahem* somebody else as Giselle. Heh. Do you have a thigh holster, Mo? BTW, I would never have pictured Nikki Six as Sebastian, but I guess if you make him look more urbane, then yeah, he could work. Aaron Ekhart as Knox…it works. I never had a really clear picture of him, so I can put his face there now. I thought I’d heard that he was LDS…not active anymore, eh? That IS good irony. And lastly…if Eilis is an Amazon at 5′11″, then I am her sistah Amazon.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:33:56 +0000

Britney, I’m in that camp, too. What’s truly maddening though is if there’s an image on the cover and it DOES NOT MATCH the description in the book, e.g., blond hero, brunet dude on the cover.

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By: MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:11:35 +0000

Eilis is about 5′11″. She matches Sebastian (who’s 6′2″) when she wears heels. Yes, she is an Amazon.