Today, I thought it might be fun to share my visual inspiration for the two main characters in Lightning and Lawmen.
Deputy Dugan Durfey we met briefly in Corsets and Cuffs. We didn’t know a lot about him, other than he likes to joke and tease and he’s a valuable member of the sheriff’s office.
I did the cover for this book long before I wrote it, so I was looking for inspiration that matched the featured characters.
Chris Evans offered the perfect inspiration for Dugan’s character. Can’t you just picture him with a cowboy hat and a brass star pinned to his jacket?
I could just picture Dugan giving a bad guy this look… or Seth when he’d been squiring Delilah around town.
And I could totally see Dugan with a smile like this when he was teasing Delilah or amused by something the sheriff said.
Delilah had to be a great balance to Dugan. From the cover, I knew she needed to have dark brown hair, but that was about it.
Then I happened across an image of Odette Annable. She is very beautiful and spot-on for Delilah’s character.
I could easily picture her giving Dugan (or Ollie) this smile.
She truly is just lovely and I couldn’t envision any better inspiration for Delilah’s character.
And I can’t forget the real star of the show – Oliver the raccoon.
While I wrote this story, I listened to the song If It Ain’t With You by Farewell Angelina. Captain Cavedweller and I had gone on a date night to our local theater. The opportunities to attend a musical performance are few and far between, so I bought tickets although I’d never heard of the group performing. It just so happened to be Farewell Angelina. The all-female country group is named after a Bob Dylan song, featuring four amazing vocalists who also play instruments and write songs.
If you haven’t yet read Lightning and Lawmen, I hope you’ll check it out.
