One of my readers asked me if I had someone in mind as 'actors' for two of the characters mentioned in Chapter 2. I certainly do - but I generally don't post photos of every characters because, as a reader, I prefer to let my imagination conjure up their phyiscal apperance (although I did post visual references for Jesse and Dylan, of course).
Anyway, in order not to give away any spoilers, the visual reference for these two characters will be under the cut.
So - I imagine the boys' mother, Olivia, as Laura Innes who was in 'ER' and 'The Event'. I'd say more 'Event' era due to age and also the type of look she had as an alien leader!
Lieutenant General Laurence DuVall - Olivia's husband - I always imagined him as Michael Fassbender. I see him a lot like Fassbender's character in 'Prometheus', only with dark brown hair instead of blonde. Don't ask me why, I just know the hair has to be brown!
As more characters make an appearance in the story, I will post more visual guides - but I'll do it separately from the chapters so that people can choose whether to look at them or not :)