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The inspiration behind the book
I was asked the other day where I got the idea for A Murder Is Foreseen.
It was in fact a number of different things that all came together to create the story.
When it comes to the character of Anya Harding she is a Reiki Master Teacher. As a Reiki Master Teacher myself I was giving her a profession that I knew and I would feel happy writing about.
When it comes to Anya's clairvoyance I have taken a clairvoyant development course, so again it is a subject I know about.
Over the years I have read about witchcraft and I felt confident that I knew enough about to be able to write about it in the books.
I had a number of thoughts that kept going round my head.
What would happen if a person suddenly became clairvoyant?
What would their reaction be?
Who would they turn to?
Then if they started having dreams and visions about a murder that had not yet happened what would they do about it?
Could the murder be stopped or not?
From all this came the book.
I did have writers block and have to walk away from it at times. But I found that when I did walk away I found it easier to think through the block and find a way forward.
And now I have a confession to make.
I have a number of ideas for future books in the series, but today a completely different "What If?" popped into my head and it isn't going away.
It looks as if the book I had been planning as the second in the series will have to become the third!
It was in fact a number of different things that all came together to create the story.
When it comes to the character of Anya Harding she is a Reiki Master Teacher. As a Reiki Master Teacher myself I was giving her a profession that I knew and I would feel happy writing about.
When it comes to Anya's clairvoyance I have taken a clairvoyant development course, so again it is a subject I know about.
Over the years I have read about witchcraft and I felt confident that I knew enough about to be able to write about it in the books.
I had a number of thoughts that kept going round my head.
What would happen if a person suddenly became clairvoyant?
What would their reaction be?
Who would they turn to?
Then if they started having dreams and visions about a murder that had not yet happened what would they do about it?
Could the murder be stopped or not?
From all this came the book.
I did have writers block and have to walk away from it at times. But I found that when I did walk away I found it easier to think through the block and find a way forward.
And now I have a confession to make.
I have a number of ideas for future books in the series, but today a completely different "What If?" popped into my head and it isn't going away.
It looks as if the book I had been planning as the second in the series will have to become the third!
