{"id":697,"date":"2014-11-08T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=697"},"modified":"2016-03-22T00:43:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T22:43:26","slug":"in-love-with-a-hot-man-if-only-fictional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"In Love with a Hot Man (if only fictional)"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Loves-As-Easy-ABC-ebook\/dp\/B00B1J6IVE\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415455519&sr=8-1&keywords=loves+as+easy+as+abc<\/a><\/p>\n

When I begin to write something new I usually only have a snapshot of the characters I want to write about. I have an idea how old they are, what they do for a living and their physical appearance. I always know what they\u2019re called and often the name is the starting point for a new character. But that\u2019s about it!<\/span><\/p>\n

As the first draft gets underway \u2013 and I usually write a very quick, rough first draft that is often little more than dialogue, the characters evolve. I begin to understand what makes them tick; what has happened to them in the past which makes them react or create happenings.<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought it might be fun, in an occasional series, to revisit characters I\u2019ve written in past books.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m starting with Simon Tait.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simon is thirty something. He appears as the ambitious, fast-tracked teacher in Love\u2019s as Easy as ABC. He\u2019s cool, confident and rarely wastes words.<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s my favourite of all the heroes I\u2019ve written. I love him. I\u2019m in love with him!<\/span><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s important that I fall for the hero I\u2019m writing about. I\u2019m sure it comes through to the reader. At least I hope it does.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simon isn\u2019t all he appears. People can be in awe of him and he certainly isn\u2019t as easy to get along with as his younger brother, Miles.<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s tall and sparely built, pale with dark hair and blue eyes. He\u2019s a runner, so has that loose-limbed sinewy fitness. He looks pretty hot in a tracksuit but is more often found in his personal uniform of dark trousers and black leather jacket. And he\u2019s clever. I find clever men deeply attractive.<\/span><\/p>\n

The brothers come from a long line of actors. Both parents are jobbing actors and their grandfather was one of the best stage actors of his generation. With a domineering and plotting mother, who is desperately trying to keep middle age at bay and revive her career, sometimes their home-life isn\u2019t all that easy. Margo Tait hasn\u2019t fully got over her shock and disappointment that Simon has rejected the family \u2018business\u2019 and become an academic. <\/span><\/p>\n

As well as having to cope with Margo as a mother (she was one of my favourite characters to write) the Tait brothers also have a tragedy in their past. How they reacted to it has affected them profoundly but in very different ways. Whereas Miles is constantly on the lookout for attention, Simon is the most truly confident person I\u2019ve ever written. He\u2019s one of those quiet men, who go about their business with supreme efficiency. Does he sound a little boring? Trust me, he really isn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

His Achilles\u2019 heel is his desire to do the right thing \u2013 and that causes all sorts of problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who did I have in mind when writing him? It\u2019s really hard to pinpoint a certain look but Richard Armitage in the above cover shoot provided inspiration for the \u2018coat\u2019 scene at the fireworks party and the lovely actor, James Rob-Collier might well look a little like Simon \u2013 but his personality, as Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey, is absolutely nothing like him!<\/span><\/p>\n

Tempted to read more about Simon Tait? Try Love\u2019s as Easy as ABC. Buying link at the top of the page.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love,<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgia x<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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