Nike Chillemi
Nike Chillemi asked Janalyn Voigt:

How do you come up with story ideas?

Janalyn Voigt Hi, Nike. Ideas come to me in different ways. Sometimes they arrive out of the blue (I love when that happens). Other things that can set off ideas for me are someone's casual comment, a news story, a picture, an idle reflection, or people watching. :o)

How the idea for my Tales of Faeraven series formed is an example of my creative process. It started as a story I made up to entertain my bored young daughter while on a road trip. Long after she'd forgotten the story, it stayed with me, growing and evolving over a space of years.

Writers sometimes liken giving birth to a story with the biological process, and that's not far off.

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