Guest Author Minx Malone: If Books Were Like Movies

Hi everyone,

I have another delicious treat for y'all this week.

I'd like to introduce my guest author, Minx Malone!

Minx (I love that name!) is gonna be sharing how she "cast" her characters for her hot new release, Asking For Andre.

So settle back and enjoy the eye-candy *g*

And don't forget to check out the excerpt links at the end of this post!

Cheers
Maree

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If Books Were Like Movies… By Minx Malone

Thanks Maree for allowing me to hijack your Thursday post : )

As I was looking over my notes for my last book trying desperately to come up with a cool, interesting--or at least not totally boring--idea for a guest post, my mind went completely blank. Everyone always blogs about the same things, what their story is about, whether they’re a pantser or a plotter and how they get their ideas.

But the one thing I usually never hear anything about it how authors figure out what their characters look like.

Now, perhaps I’m just strange (a fact I am willing to concede) but imagining what my characters look like is one of the best parts of the creative process. So I’d love to share with you how I do it.

Here’s a sneak peek of my “Casting Call” for the characters of my new Ellora’s Cave release “Asking for Andre”.

"Asking For Andre" CASTING CALL

Setting: Modern day Washington, D.C.

Hero – Andre Lavin
Italian designer and owner of LaVin Couture



Heroine – Cassandra “Casey” Michaels”
Receptionist at Mirage Advertising Agency

Since Asking for Andre is the sequel to the book Beg For It, I already had the characters of Mya and Milo “cast” in my head. But just for kicks I went a step further and actually chose actors to portray them.

Recurring characters:

Mya Taylor - (V.P. of Advertising)
Heroine of Beg For It, in love with Milo Hamilton



Milo Hamilton (V.P. of Advertising)
Hero of Beg For It, in love with Mya Taylor



James Lawson (Owner of The Mirage Agency)



Anya Petrova (Casey’s best friend)



Harold (jerk who works in Accounting)

Thanks for letting me hang out with you and share a quirky, fun part of my creative process. I’m usually hanging out at The Naughty Girls Next Door Blog so come on by to see what else I’m up to!

Minx

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Minx Malone's website



Read an excerpt from "Asking For Andre"



Read an excerpt from "Beg For It"