[Coincidentally, Michael Davis and I chose the same topic to discuss this month, ahem... which only proves great minds think alike! hehehehe]Now back to that topic: Where do stories come from?
That's kind of like asking where do babies come from? No, it's not but since that popped into my head I couldn't resist.
Actually book ideas come from many sources. I'll mention just a few. There's the what-if game writers love to play. It could germinate from reading a book or a newspaper; watching a movie or the news on tv. It could start from watching life; much like when children lie on the grass and look up at the sky, playing the game of making figures out of fluffy white clouds.
It could pop out of nowhere just seconds before I'm ready to fall asleep. That's the worst time because if I don't get up and write it down it'll keep me awake all night.
Then there's my favorite; memories. It could be my own as a child, but the ones I enjoy most are memories of things my children did. That was the stimulus for my latest book, Flower of Passion. In real life it was my 3 year old son who did it, but in my fantasy world it was a 4 year old girl. What did they do?
I'd love to say buy my book and find out on page 23, but I won't. During an intimate moment, the precocious child climbs on her father's blanket-clad back and yells, "Gidyap, 'orsey!" Now that's a memory to treasure and share. So I did.
Rose Lerma
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