Picture This: Images While Writing

Just thinking this week, as book two of my Beat Street series gets closer to its publication date and I am looking at possible covers, how well and easily pictures can convey a story. The photos in today's post are not about the book or even close... but I'm curious what they make you think of?

This...

Because it's the Village when my character Ruby lived in it...

This...

Because I loved this young woman's face and it always makes me think of my character Ruby in the Beat Street Series (is there really a series? How did I get here?)

This... because it makes me think of Ruby's best friend Sophie's mother, who is one of the few female comedy writers in Ruby's time (the 1950s).

And another image of Sophie's mom:

Plus, these -- which make me think of Ruby's Nell-mom and Gary Daddy-o.

And of course, her brother Ray and his girlfriend Jo-Jo.

Last but not least, Ruby's best friend Sophie.

And of course, these are just photos I found on Flickr Creative Commons and they really aren't the characters I've written. But in fact, it IS how I see them -- in my mind, at least.

Greenwich Village street: Robert Huffstutter
"Ruby" photo:  Christina Welsh
Bearded Lady: York Berlin
Laughing woman: Alessandro Valli

"Nell-mom" photo: Martin de Witte

Fifties man in bar: Shallowend’s rendering of photo by Walter Watzpatzkowski

"Ray" photo: J. Zark

Portrait photo: Jonathan Kos-Read

"Sophie" photo: Katie Tegtmeyer 

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