Goodreads asked James Van Pelt:

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

James Van Pelt My most recent book in PANDORA'S GUN, which will come out in August, 2015. On the morning of November 1, 2013, I made a joke to our high school librarian, who is also a writer, about doing NaNoWriMo. He said he would if I would, so that afternoon I started the novel. I had no clear idea at all, except I liked the thought of a high school kid finding something truly, awesomely powerful, and then having to deal with that discovery. After that I swung for the fences everyday until I finished the book at the end of that month. The editing took much longer to do than the writing of the first draft.

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