The entry begins:I read somewhere that the act of fantasy casting the movie of your own book is known as ‘casturbation’ – so I guess this is as good a moment as any to confess that I casturbate - a lot. I come from a TV background and find that visualising everything really helps me write. As a result I spend probably far too long drawing up character documents littered with images of people to help me get a handle on what they look like.Learn more about the book and author at Simon Toyne's website, Facebook page, and Twitter perch.
In The Tower a high level FBI investigation runs through the book and the two agents, Shepherd and Franklin, are like black and white, coming from two entirely different perspectives so I cast them in my mind as different physical types to help visualise that division. Shepherd is younger, more cerebral, uncertain of himself, wiry and intense and I always imagined Sam Rockwell playing him with the same kind of off-kilter intelligence he brings to most things, but particularly Moon. His older partner is physically more imposing and more comfortable with himself. He’s from the south so has an old style courtesy about him and slow charm. I imagined...[read on]
My Book, The Movie: Sanctus.
Writers Read: Simon Toyne (September 2011).
The Page 69 Test: Sanctus.
The Page 69 Test: The Tower.
Writers Read: Simon Toyne.
My Book, The Movie: The Tower.
--Marshal Zeringue
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