Notes to Self: What Elves Taught Me

I didn't intend to write an elf story. I'd just received DawnSinger edits and was about to start work on Hills of Nevermore, my historical romance. I didn't need another project. Besides, I tend to come up with novel-length ideas rather than short fiction. But inspiration struck at around the time my editor at Port Yonder Press requested I submit an elf story for possible inclusion in an anthology. I wrote an elf story.

I also learned something of value. I love elves. Let me qualify that before the men in white come to take me away. As a storyteller, I love elves and their lore. I had a lot of fun writing my short story. The words flew onto the virtual "page." If I hadn't stepped outside my own thinking about what I should do as a writer, I'd never have known that.

I see an elf book or books in my future.

Notes to Self: Make plans but allow for the unexpected.

© 2010 Janalyn Voigt

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