B. Lynch
I try to leave myself open to new ideas and new approaches, and break up longer projects (like the second novel in Callie's Saga) with short stories - or to just read articles in the paper, or watch movies, or listen to music, and see what captures my attention.
Then, I ask myself what I liked about it, to get my brain thinking about how it could be used... and then, my brain puts it together with something else. And then, I have an idea. Then it's a matter of putting fingers to keyboard and ass in chair, and hoping that the idea has enough fire and passion behind it that I can keep coming back until it's done.
Case in point: I've got a YA fantasy novel on the back-burner that - no joke - was inspired by a line in Amy Grant's "Grown-Up Christmas List", a failed writing project about the Singularity, and faerie bargains. It was a crazy enough idea to work. And it did. And one day, you'll get to read it.
Then, I ask myself what I liked about it, to get my brain thinking about how it could be used... and then, my brain puts it together with something else. And then, I have an idea. Then it's a matter of putting fingers to keyboard and ass in chair, and hoping that the idea has enough fire and passion behind it that I can keep coming back until it's done.
Case in point: I've got a YA fantasy novel on the back-burner that - no joke - was inspired by a line in Amy Grant's "Grown-Up Christmas List", a failed writing project about the Singularity, and faerie bargains. It was a crazy enough idea to work. And it did. And one day, you'll get to read it.
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