tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334137998546128297.post5604294031773242307..comments2023-05-18T03:33:20.655-07:00Comments on Writing Horses: Something from NothingSusan Schreyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11902407971890082541noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334137998546128297.post-25200839249097418442013-06-29T20:43:38.210-07:002013-06-29T20:43:38.210-07:00I confess, villains are always a treat for me, too...I confess, villains are always a treat for me, too. The villain in Shooting To Kill made my hands sweat when I was writing the dossier. <br /><br />The author you met in the airport was doing what so many do -- when you're not having fun ... it's Book Material!!!Susan Schreyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902407971890082541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334137998546128297.post-50581729516212278712013-06-06T16:59:41.237-07:002013-06-06T16:59:41.237-07:00I love writing the villain. Getting into that mind...I love writing the villain. Getting into that mindset is a lot of fun.<br /><br />I recall at the time that volcano in Iceland was erupting and causing a lot of flight disruptions, there was a British author in Ontario, waiting to go home. He chatted with one of the newspapers, remarking on how that natural event was giving him ideas as a writer. William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334137998546128297.post-80590825476184978922013-06-03T11:43:05.300-07:002013-06-03T11:43:05.300-07:00I like your "what if" questions, Norma! ...I like your "what if" questions, Norma! I particularly like how you put the twists on an alternate, "happy" ending. The villain in the upcoming Thea Campbell mystery was taken from an actual newspaper article, too. They are good jumping off places!Susan Schreyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902407971890082541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334137998546128297.post-70853209231164462922013-05-29T21:30:11.521-07:002013-05-29T21:30:11.521-07:00I get a lot of idea from the evening news. My firs...I get a lot of idea from the evening news. My first published novel was inspired by a story on the evening news about a little boy in Italy who had fallen into a well and ultimately died there. As the mother of a toddler at that time (1981), I was deeply affected by that story and asked myself the "what if" questions. What if he had somehow survived without his parents' knowledge? What if he'd grown up as someone else's child but had nightmares of his ordeal? What if memories of his real mother shaped his relationships with women?<br /><br />And Alexander's Empire was born....Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685538277690762655noreply@blogger.com