The inspiration for my three novels, Dancing Priest , A Light Shining, and Dancing King, was a song. The story was gradually written in my head, and
only there, for four years. When I began to pound the keyboard, it poured out
– gushed, actually
– for almost 250,000 words. Eventually, I shaped the equivalent of two novels
from that original manuscript and had enough to write the third. But the story
arc for the series was set by 2006.
Along the way, the outlines, drafts, and ideas
developed for five more novels using the same characters, ranging from a 4,000-word
treatment to a 70,000-word manuscript. Somewhere in there two entirely
different novel ideas popped up, one becoming a 60,000-word manuscript and the
other a 1,000-word summary. And the ideas for three more novels in the Dancing
Priest series have been rattling around my head, following the same process as
the original – creation in my mind as I go to sleep at night.
Did I mention the 30,000-word novella?
To continue reading, please see my post at Christian Poets & Writers.
2 comments:
Whatever your plan is...I do hope you continue this series of books. May God direct your thoughts and plans with His plan. I loaned the books to a friend of mine to read, and her comment was after reading the first one, "If I wasn't already a Christian, this book would make me want to be one." That is a powerful testimony. Keep writing. There is power in the written word when it directed by God.
Pamela - what an encouragement! Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm stunned.
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