However, there are times when I'm just as excited when I get some complicated bit of research right and feel I did a good job making that part of the story interesting. I sincerely wish it did because life would be a great deal easier for me. I'm one of those writers who cannot plan ahead. I have to let the story carry me along to reveal the twists and turns.
Every book starts with just the kernel of an idea that, hopefully, matures into a full-grown tree.
Other than that constant, everything else is up for grabs. I could be intrigued by a conflict or a character or even in creating a myth around a statue as I did during Final Target . When I first conceived of Final Target , I thought it would be interesting to revisit a trilogy I had written years ago, a trilogy known as The Wind Dancer Trilogy. I planned to introduce new main characters, new plot, but keep the statue as the central plot point. Since The Wind Dancer Trilogy was one of my favorite works, this new Wind Dancer novel should have been easy.