My guest today seems to have a fascination for wolves, and her post puts to rest any speculation why. Join Margay and find out the inspiration behind Sloane Wolfe. Welcome to Dishin' It Out...
Why Wolves?
Whenever I discuss my latest book, Sloane Wolf, people often ask me, why wolves? And I have to say, why not? Wolves are fantastic creatures that mate for life and are truly faithful to their mates (from what I've read), and we humans could learn a lot from them.
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As it pertains to my book, however, it was rather
serendipitous that I ended up writing about wolves. I didn't intentionally set
out to do so, but a series of events conspired to make it happen. The first
event came in the form of a book that was ultimately made into a movie that got
me to thinking - and anybody who knows me can tell you that when I get to
thinking, things begin to happen...in a writing sense that is! I can turn the
smallest nugget of an idea into a story, if motivated enough to do so, and that
is how this story started out, as just a nugget. So there I was, inspired by
this other book/movie enough that certain scenes kept kicking up in my head
(ahem, fight scene), but content just to imagine it in my head.
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Trouble was, once I started writing, I just kept on writing
and I over-shot the word count. One thing I forgot when I set out to enter this
contest: I have never been able to write short. I keep trying, but I usually
have so much to say, it doesn't conform well to short stories or novellas. Not
wanting to cut anything to fit the guidelines, I simply finished the book for
me. And by the time I was finished with it, I knew that I had to try to get it
published anyway, I felt that strong about it. And after several fits and
starts, I finally found the right publisher for it in Muse it Up Publishing.
So there you have it. The serendipitous events that led to
the birth of Sloane Wolf.
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