Goodreads asked P.J. Devlin:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

P.J. Devlin Different manifestations of memory of an event -- by different participants, observers, and a main character -- provide fascinating glimpses of characters' emotions, experiences, reactions and resolutions. Instead of developing a mystery plot from a specific personal experience, I would create a "mysterious" or "mystical" event, set in a place and time which resonates with me. I would plot story action through characters' memory of and responses to the event. Setting continues to be the foundation of my fiction.

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