The entry begins:While writing Calling Me Home, as most writers are prone to do—I pictured various actors in lead roles.Learn more about the book and author at Julie Kibler's website.
But some of the characters were tough.
There aren’t many actresses I could picture in the role of my youngest character, my point-of-view character in the past storyline—a teenager.
As I wrote, I played with the idea of Ellie Kendrick, a British actress who portrayed Masterpiece Theater’s Anne Frank and Shakespeare’s Globe’s Juliet. She has the right combination of looks and awkward, “smart girl” characteristics. But she’s British, and she’s growing up fast—already 22.
Then one weekend, well after I sold the book, I saw a film at the Magnolia at the Modern, a theater in an art museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of my favorite cultural spots.
When Taissa...[read on]
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