Goodreads asked M.L. Harveland:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

M.L. Harveland My most recent book, "The Elf King" is a continuation of the first, which is based on a dream I had a few years ago about a girl who touched a man, saw his past, and then blacked out as a result. Though observant rather than participant in the dream, I felt the profound fear that the girl felt as she saw the man's past, realizing he had done incredibly evil deeds.

I always woke when the girl blacked out; thereafter, I was unable to sleep. Nearly an entire week was spent without sleep until I decided to write it down and then research the phenomenon of retro-cognition through psychometry. Because I was already awake, I started writing a story to entertain myself. Suddenly, I had a book!

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