Trying to find the right face for Anthony is difficult since he's so old yet so young. Photos of young actors and models don't have the world weariness that I see in Anthony's face. Anthony's the type of guy who's been a leader so long and seen so many destructive and potentially destructive situations that jaded was centuries ago for him. Whatever the word for more than jaded is describes where he is when he meets Shawn.
Shawn in a beacon to him, someone who promises that all of his peace-keeping, liaisoning, and negotiations haven't been wasted effort. He needs her more than he needs the sun, and saying that for a vampire is saying everything.
So here are some of my nominations for what Anthony looks like in no particular order:
I don't know who this guy is, but I think it's this guy's eyes and eyebrows that do it for me. Also, he seems so intently focused. He's not quite pale enough, but makeup can always fix that.
Okay, so I have a soft spot in my heart for Matt Bomer. So sue me. He's handsome, pale, with wonderful eyes and a great looking body. He can also act, so if we're casting, I wouldn't complain if he became Anthony. Like the unnamed guy above, Matt can also be so focused that it's scary--just like Anthony.
Right! This is the Arrow guy, Stephen Amell. He, like the top two, has the face, eyes, and often world-weariness going for him. He also has an incredible body, which is saying something considering Matt Bomer's build. Stephen also has perfected serious and focused to an eerie level.
Another of my all-time favorite actors is Oded Fehr, who here doesn't look too fierce and focused, but is so much of both in the Mummy films. He also projects such a world-weariness that he turns the mummy into a guy with ages old problems, a guy who's been unfairly tortured, and not a cartoon of a mummy. But unless someone would make a movie of the book soon, he alas will be too old.
And then there's Johnny Lee Miller, who's got the world-weariness in spades. I guess that's what being married to Angelina will do to a guy. Again, like Oded, however, he's aging out of Anthony's age bracket as I write this, so he like Oded would have to be snapped up quickly or be too old for the part later. Pity.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Phew! Done with the Second Round of Queries
So after spending my free time in July with a list of paranormal review sites and a query letter-ish document, I ended up sending 96 queries to working sites which accepted new writers' queries, self-published authors' queries, and were working sites (had published an article within the last few days of when I was querying).
Having been a book publicist before and being a self-published author of one (count it--ONE, ha-ha-ha!) book, I didn't expect much, but I must admit I did expect more. How many responses did I get? Uh, five. (Well, at least The Count won't have trouble counting the responses either.)
All this means that
In the meantime, I'm writing book two (Devil's Food) and keeping up with my reviews for AAR (www.likesbooks.com) and Booklist (www.booklistonline.com), so I've got more than enough to do.
Oh, yes, and in the meantime, I'm also adding all the books I've reviewed and links to reviews to both Goodreads and Shelfari.
Having been a book publicist before and being a self-published author of one (count it--ONE, ha-ha-ha!) book, I didn't expect much, but I must admit I did expect more. How many responses did I get? Uh, five. (Well, at least The Count won't have trouble counting the responses either.)
All this means that
- on August 24th, I'll be a featured guest at Laurie's Paranormal Thoughts & Reviews
- on September 16, I'll be a highlighted author at Charlene A. Wilson's Highlighted Author
- on September 16, I'll be answering some interesting questions at Books and Tales
- the book might be reviewed by Sandra at Jeanz Book Read N Review
- the book might be reviewed by Sabina at Dangerous Romance
In the meantime, I'm writing book two (Devil's Food) and keeping up with my reviews for AAR (www.likesbooks.com) and Booklist (www.booklistonline.com), so I've got more than enough to do.
Oh, yes, and in the meantime, I'm also adding all the books I've reviewed and links to reviews to both Goodreads and Shelfari.
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