Carrie Beckort
I should start by saying that I never had an aspiration to be a writer. I've always enjoyed reading and I have a love for stories, but writing a novel was not something I had ever considered.
Until a friend told me I could write a book.
Even then, I dismissed the suggestion within seconds with a polite nod of acknowledgement. But fate had other plans for me...
About a month after my friend's suggestion, I woke up on a Saturday with the memory of a dream. My first thought was, "I wonder why that would happen." My second thought was, "Oh crap, I'm writing a book."
It was that clear for me. There was never a, "Could I make this a book? Could I even write a book?" It was clear that I was going to make a story around my dream (which actually happens near the end of the book.) I wrote in any spare time I had over the next year and a half until the novel was complete.
My second and most recently published novel, Kingston's Promise, is the sequel to Kingston's Project. Initially, I thought my first novel would center around much of what is in the second. However, Kingston's Project evolved into what it needed to be and I had to let it grow in that direction. As a result, I already had the inspiration for a second novel if I chose to do a sequel.
Until a friend told me I could write a book.
Even then, I dismissed the suggestion within seconds with a polite nod of acknowledgement. But fate had other plans for me...
About a month after my friend's suggestion, I woke up on a Saturday with the memory of a dream. My first thought was, "I wonder why that would happen." My second thought was, "Oh crap, I'm writing a book."
It was that clear for me. There was never a, "Could I make this a book? Could I even write a book?" It was clear that I was going to make a story around my dream (which actually happens near the end of the book.) I wrote in any spare time I had over the next year and a half until the novel was complete.
My second and most recently published novel, Kingston's Promise, is the sequel to Kingston's Project. Initially, I thought my first novel would center around much of what is in the second. However, Kingston's Project evolved into what it needed to be and I had to let it grow in that direction. As a result, I already had the inspiration for a second novel if I chose to do a sequel.
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