The expression she wore during all of The Happening is the exact expression I'd imagined Nick's immature, bed-ridden, guilt-ridden mother would have. Neither are household names yet, but they're young, give them time! The main female character, Taryn, who has a little more worldly experience, would be Chloë Grace Moretz. I see him looking like the young actor David Lambert. The viewpoint character, Nick, has led a very sheltered life, so there is a lot of innocence there. In selecting characters for my movie, I'd love to find characters who are actually young, since the two main characters are 16 and 17. I'm not one of those people, as I've slowly come to learn that readers care less about the color of one's hair and eyes than what makes a character tick.

Here she shares some suggestions for casting the leads in an adaptation of Touched: I know of authors who cut out pictures of famous actors and actresses so they can better understand what their characters look like. She lives outside Allentown, Pennsylvania with her husband and daughters.

When I rise past the leaves to the branch she’s lounging on, I realize that she’s not just in a joyful mood she’s in a joyful mood because my student is … Oh, how improper.Chimere has her shoe off, and her skirt is pulled up to her knee.Cyn Balog is the author of the young adult paranormal novels Fairy Tale, Sleepless, Starstruck, Touched, and Dead River. Here I thought she’d be in a sour mood like me, scolding our newest member for his transgressions. If he is not behaving himself like a proper Sleepbringer, then I cannot be human.Before I can climb Julia’s tree, I hear Chimere’s giggles. His interference with the human world caused me to fade. If he hadn’t swatted me there, I might have had a few more moments with Julia.

And all because of my student, who can’t for the life of him follow simple directions.I grimace, rubbing my sore head. Instead, I barely had time to orient myself before fading. By now, my time on earth should be stretching to at least three or four hours each day.

It’s less than five days before I’m supposed to return to the human world for good. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:Īt the most.By the time I’m back on Julia’s front lawn, I’m in a dither.

Sleepless by Cyn Balog