Thanks for the memories and new adventures.
If we were making a movie version of my novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as her grandmother Bella?
This would be a big juicy part, starting with her romance with Nicky in the war years. And don’t overlook her working mom action with five kids in tow. By then, nearly everyone in town knew her.
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In the (highly unlikely) movie version of my novel, What’s Left, who would you like to see as her best friend, cousin Sandra?
Of course, that also means thinking of her blended genetic heritage and who could embody it.
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In the still-in-my-dreaming movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as her great-grandmother Maria?
She’d have to be a firecracker, for starters.
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In Cassia’s family’s past, there may have been scenes food like this.
If we were making a movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as her vibrant aunt Nita?
Remember, she’ll have to have short red hair. (Well, I guess we can cut it or dye it, if that helps you decide.)
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Oh, if my new novel, What’s Left, were being made into a movie, who would you cast as her uncle Dimitri?
Remember, he has to possess Adonis good looks — and wit to match.
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Nearly every novelist of the last half-century, at least, must have had moments of dreaming of a screen adaptation. (And, yes, nearly every one that was adapted was never as good as the book. Oh, well.)
As a critical aside, we’ve seen too many novels that were thinly disguised screenplays. Yet while my new novel was created as a purely literary effort, I’m impressed by great cinema.
If we had a movie version of What’s Left, who would you have play Cassia’s aunt Pia?
She’d have to project so many dimensions!
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Cassia’s roots included inspiration like this.
Imagining a movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you like to see portray Cassia’s great-grandfather Ilias?
He’ll have to be gentle, wise, even shrewd, as well as an excellent carpenter.
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In the family, Cassia may have had food like this.
In the (still imaginary) movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as Cassia’s great-grandfather and his brother — our Aristotle and Pericles (Ari and Perry)?
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In my novel, the family restaurant could have been like this.
In the (imaginary) movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as Cassia’s great-grandmother Dida and her sister Athina?
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