Sources of Inspiration

Too often I get impatient and irritated with tropes. This doesn’t apply to Halloween ones.

Ultimately what made me want to write were stories. Other people’s stories. They enthralled me so much, transporting me to other times and places. I fell in love, again and again with books. Certain characters haunted me, coming to when I was listening to music. I found myself playing out my favorite scenes in my imagination, sometimes going beyond what was on the printed page.  I wanted to create such compelling characters, make them part of plots which would enthrall them. I wanted to sweep people off their feet with story. Too often my own weren’t worthy of even causing … Read more