tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3412127597119289486..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: FINDING FACES by Penny DolanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-79354856302802903432012-10-02T12:11:41.550+01:002012-10-02T12:11:41.550+01:00A ghost of a ghost then, Sue? Worth a shiver, thah...A ghost of a ghost then, Sue? Worth a shiver, thaht's for sure.<br /><br />Am now looking at gyms - and the bodies within - in a whole new light, Nicola.(Don't think I'd take Anne's surreptitious photos in such places, though.)Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-5196961276897786852012-10-02T07:57:34.450+01:002012-10-02T07:57:34.450+01:00Penny, I so identify with this. I always need a fa...Penny, I so identify with this. I always need a face for my characters and I have to find one from the outside world. When I was writing The Highwayman's Curse, I needed several faces for a gang of baddies. (Very baddies). And not just faces, but bodies, too. And at the time, I was a member of a gym. I discovered that that's a fab place to find faces (and bodies) and I successfully sourced all my characters there. I'm not saying which gym! Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847390687632715336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-51469877176112792752012-10-01T22:08:23.574+01:002012-10-01T22:08:23.574+01:00That happened to me. The character was a ghost and...That happened to me. The character was a ghost and a teacher - a very unpleasant one. I was reading a bit out to a class one day, and I suddenly realised I'd based him on an old teacher of mine, completely unawares. And the funny thing was that the illustrator's version of him looked remarkably like the original too...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-30879006618828351992012-10-01T20:37:04.689+01:002012-10-01T20:37:04.689+01:00Thanks, all. Won't be letting him know as the ...Thanks, all. Won't be letting him know as the new incarnation is a decidedly nasty piece of work. But I can see the attraction for a teen of being a vampire.<br /><br />Oddest was when I suddenly realised, as I was re-reading a finished story, just where or who an already created character has come from!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-12347807086833001872012-10-01T19:11:20.005+01:002012-10-01T19:11:20.005+01:00It's odd how a face can trigger ideas for a ch...It's odd how a face can trigger ideas for a character - even though "there is no art to read the mind's construction in the face" as some writer or other said. (The Bard even!)Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37875395654607938962012-10-01T09:25:08.801+01:002012-10-01T09:25:08.801+01:00Brilliant, Penny. I scan people in the real world ...Brilliant, Penny. I scan people in the real world and take surreptitious photos with my phone if I find someone perfect. Also, old postcards at car boot sales, books, magazines, Facebook... <br /><br />One of my vampires is based on a girl who shared a house with Big Bint's boyfriend. I asked permission, sent her the book when it was published, as she has become a friend. So maybe let your band-member know?Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-35454312275741490072012-10-01T08:27:29.904+01:002012-10-01T08:27:29.904+01:00Excellent - now all you need is that time and spac...Excellent - now all you need is that time and space and peace and quiet! Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-89686806426903284062012-10-01T08:04:26.791+01:002012-10-01T08:04:26.791+01:00Lovely account. Sounds like an intriguing characte...Lovely account. Sounds like an intriguing character! Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com