Goodreads asked Mernie Buchanan:

How do you get inspired to write?

Mernie Buchanan As a lifelong painter, most of my narratives have been composed with brushes. Letters to my adventurous traveling sister and volumes of unreadable journal entries is how I've practiced writing until recently.
The summer before last I met and made an appointment with a hypnotherapist who had an intriguing shamanistic presence. Being somewhat cynical, I walked out thinking, "Well that was $75 for sitting in a chair relaxing I will never get back." But something shook loose.
The very next morning I awoke hearing the voices of otherworldly characters who had something to say. I saw an outline with a premise (described in the title), and felt that wonderful creative compulsion I know so well from making art. I picked up a pen and fresh notebook, sat on the front porch overlooking the lawn and tall forest of my new home in the Hudson Valley, and started taking dictation. Some of those voices were pretty amusing, but oh man does it take some editing to make a book readable. It helped that the Reign of Covid kept me isolated and focused. That seven brilliant friends helped proofread was another blessing. Thank you to everyone—both on this planet and the other side both. Special thanks to my small Muse and hug-buddy Faun the mighty chihuahua. Here... have a treat.
With love, Mernie

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