Limes with Orange

There was a suggestion on one of the NaNo threads to aid with visualization of ones characters... head on over to Getty Images and search through the photos by the use of keywords such as "woman" "30-35" etc. So I found a few images there that I'm considering for my main characters:



Meg - main character, 28, author, shy & bookish, develops supernatural powers.
Jack - Meg's neighbour (and sort of romantic interest), 36, police detective, no-nonsense & kind of reserved, divorced, has a 12-year-old daughter. [Okay, so this is actually Christopher Meloni from Law & Order: SVU... I kind of have his character of Elliot Stabler in mind for Jack... that's my story and I'm sticking to it!]
Sophie - Meg's middle sister (Meg is the youngest), 33, mother of two (ages 2 & 4), lives in the burbs, friendly, casual & easy to get along with.
Claire - Meg's eldest sister, 35, stockbroker, ambitious, never has a hair out of place, single, almost seems to date for sport.
Danny - Jack's police partner, 37, bit of a womanizer, has a brief thing with Claire.

Any opinions on whether the pics seem to match the people?

Other things I've been working on for NaNo:

1. I have index cards on which I'm in the process of writing one line scene descriptions. I have around 30 so far. I was aiming for 75, but I have a fairly comprehensive timeline written out and I don't know that I want to pin it down too much ahead of time, so I'm feeling okay about not completing that task.

2. I have four exercise books: one for Plot, one for Characters, one for Writing Practice and one for Research. In the plot notebook I have a timeline of events along with some random plot notes and I'm planning to include the scenes from the index cards. In the character notebook, I've been writing descriptions using the Eclectics character chart. I think the other books are even more self explanatory.

3. I've started making a list of what songs I want to listen to when writing what scenes. For example, one of the spellcastings is done to Heather Nova's "Sugar" and the final scene wraps up with Gary Jules' "Mad World".

4. I've also been working on the killer's M.O. and victim selection, etc. but I know I need to also spend time developing his character. Have been shying away from that it seems, but I'm kinda running out of time. So maybe I should spend a little time this weekend focusing on that.

Other things I'm up to this weekend...

Went to Morgan's last night with Mandy, FFWD promised that New Butchers was playing... they lied. It was Mr. Sparkle instead. Still not a bad band, but I prefer the Butchers. Partly because of the vocals, partly because their drummer rocks (seriously rocks!), and partly because they recognize us and chat with us between sets (not that important, but a nice perk).

Am going to a punk show at MacEwan Hall tonight. Featuring a Supersift reunion, among other acts. Heading over with Greg and Brian (bass player and guitar player extraordinaire, respectively).

Then tomorrow is math tutoring (woohoo) and then, after midnight, I can start writing my NaNo novel. Whew... that all sounds like quite a lot... think it's time for a nap!

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