I’m Back!

Kind of. (I started writing a whole blog about why I was gone but then I realized no one would care about that. And really, why should I make penance for being lazy. This is a blog not a diary.)

 

I’ll keep this a brief because I feel like it would be better to visit a bunch of other blogs than ask you all what you’ve been doing. I’m nice like that sometimes.

 

But one request: If anyone out there has read anything good, I’d appreciate a few recommendations!

 

 

 

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

My brain.

 

And now that we have that out of the way, let’s talk about inspiration. 

 

I began polishing up Chapter 3 today, and somewhere between taking out and putting in commas, I decided I should write a new post. I had no idea what said post should be about, but I wanted to have something new up here.

I got to thinking about inspiration, and an odd thing occurred to me: my top three muses for the Consortium are television shows.

Now I know that’s nothing too explosive, but I am totally curious–pardon the pun–if all my writer friends out there find resonance with television. (More specifically, I’m curious if those who don’t write serialized fiction turn toward TV to get their juices going.)

I mean it makes sense. I’ve fractured my project into bi-weekly offerings. I’m basically running the world’s cheapest, choiceless television network!

 

And I hope you don’t mind.

 

(Oh and I bet you’re all wondering what those television shows would be. Well, here they are, in no particular order:)

 

Scooby-Doo

I mean really. What’s not to love? Kids running around solving mysteries about paranormal stuff (that turns out not to be about paranormal stuff). Will the Consortium find a similar ending? (I think I’ve probably already let the cat out of that particular bag by revealing a corpse in Chapter 2.)

 

 

The X-Files

I will concede that my project has a few more characters doing the investigating, but this show will always have a special place in my heart. And while it wasn’t always perfect, if I can create something half as good, I’ll have succeeded.

 

 

Twin Peaks 

Basically this show is the benchmark of ensemble casts, cult followings, and weird characters. While the Consortium will probably never get Lynchian on you, I do like the idea of small towns with big secrets. 

 

 

That’s all for now. I wasn’t kidding when I said I wanted to hear the sources of your particular spark. I’m always looking for something new to speak to me.