Making the hero
If you haven’t already guessed, I’m a very visual person. I tend to keep file folders of stock images and the like, that resemble or remind me of characters. I often have these open on the laptop next to where I’m working and I affectionately refer to this old computer as the "picture bitch". There are times though that I have a character in mind and I really, really, really want a representation that is much closer to my mental image than what I’m finding. In these cases, I find myself taking time out to "make the hero". I take the image and tweak it according to my character.
Tell me, is he extra hunky after the tweaks or is it just me?
You can see the tweaks are minor but as far as my character, they certainly fit him more. He has the tattooed bands on arms, he had hair a bit longer and wilder. He has blue eyes verses brown.
Alright, enough playing for me. I’m off to write this book.




