Goodreads asked F.C. Schaefer:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

F.C. Schaefer I have been working on an outline of a fantasy novel, but my inspiration comes from my lifelong love of comic books and Anime rather than Tolkien. The alternate history story that I am writing now comes from a simple What If? History is full of all sorts of stands and loose ends that a writer can work with to create an entertaining fantasy. I read a newspaper story about the lowering of age requirements for jailers in Maryland and it become an important aspect of my main character in Big Crimson, an epic horror novel. So much of fiction is just a mashup of characters and genres.

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