Goodreads asked Elizabeth Bonesteel:

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

Elizabeth Bonesteel It's a little unfair for me to answer this one just now, because I've been writing the same set of characters, even though I strive to make each book able to stand on its own. But obviously another book with the same characters is going to start with "what happens next?" The first book has an ending, and the purpose of the second book is to (metaphorically, at least) blow things to bits.

I started with an incident from one character's history (this is the prologue of REMNANTS, which you can download as part of the available sample at your favorite ebook retailer), and pretty much spun the story from there. Since I don't outline, though, it didn't go exactly the way I planned - among other things, different characters took over (Raman Çelik, for instance, wasn't going to get a POV, but he kept yelling at me).

So I guess the answer is...I don't really have light-bulb moments! I create characters in my head, and I get to know them, and for the most part story comes from the kinds of things I want to happen to them. A lot of REMNANTS comes from Elena's realization that her world is a lot more complicated than she thought it was, and the good and bad of that.

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