Goodreads asked Christopher Church:

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

Christopher Church The mystery I’m faced with on a daily basis that would make a good plot for a novel is time dilation. When I’m working on something engaging, time loses all perspective, and there’s never enough of it. I’m interrupted to learn that it’s dinnertime, even though I sat down moments ago to get into a project, or that it’s well past midnight, and I’m not quite ready to quit for the night. I’ve heard this phenomenon called creative flow, as in, time flows when you’re engaged. But to me it seems more like time evaporating, a whole afternoon or evening just—gone. My protagonist engages in time travel a lot, which causes other issues for him, but perhaps I’ll get him lost in the flow of his work. I’d definitely be writing from experience. I’m looking forward to Mystery Week on Goodreads to find out what other writers are doing with this idea.

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