Goodreads asked Mitchell Stokely:

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

Mitchell Stokely Most of the ideas for my book came in the 1980's. I always loved fairy tales and fantasy movies and books. Ive read a lot of different things that have inspired me from mythology, to books about anthropology, history, American Indian lore, celtic studies, the Silmarillian by Tolkien was huge, and numerous fantasy and fiction writers from Howard, MacDonald, Lovecraft, Tolkien, etc. I think the best writers have aspect of fairy tale in them as they begin to tap into the unconscious realm of the self and of imagination. Thats what inspires me!

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