Terin Miller
The most honest answer I can give is: dreams.
I have written more than one book, starting with 'Sympathy for the Devil,' because the idea, or the story, or, almost like a movie, has come to me in a dream.
I am also fascinated by "coincidence." For example, in writing my current work-in-progress, I discovered a detail that continues to have significance not only for the story but for me: a play the main character (in real life) was supposed to see is a "time travel" story, based on a story never finished by Henry James. And Henry James was instrumental in formation of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, which ultimately was subsumed by the U.S. Army in WWI, and the main character (in real life) was a Norton-Harjes "Gentleman Driver" from Harvard.
I have written more than one book, starting with 'Sympathy for the Devil,' because the idea, or the story, or, almost like a movie, has come to me in a dream.
I am also fascinated by "coincidence." For example, in writing my current work-in-progress, I discovered a detail that continues to have significance not only for the story but for me: a play the main character (in real life) was supposed to see is a "time travel" story, based on a story never finished by Henry James. And Henry James was instrumental in formation of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, which ultimately was subsumed by the U.S. Army in WWI, and the main character (in real life) was a Norton-Harjes "Gentleman Driver" from Harvard.
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