Changes and Inspirations

Earlier this week, Jon and I moved from Utah down to Austin, Texas where Jon was offered a job. It's been a big transition for us (mostly the fact that it's so dang hot here!) but already I'm feeling like everything will work out okay.

It's funny how a movie, book or song can bring about inspirations in the lives of writers, but I've never experienced it as strongly as I have this week. I thought that my desire to write crime novels was an all encompassing passion... but I've barely been able to concentrate on all my previous ideas from the moment that I saw "The 10th Kingdom" earlier this week.

Now, I have to admit that I've never loved any show (or movie) quite as much as I love this mini-series, but it wasn't the show itself that inspired me. The character of "Wolf" was so interesting to me that I've been able to think of little else since I first saw his face on screen. No, this isn't a movie-star crush, it's the fact that his character was so dynamic and just plain interesting that I feel a burning desire to give him more life.

Originally my idea started out as a fanfiction, but the scope of the idea was just so massive that I could never be satisfied sharing this story with just a few people (a minuscule amount) that are in this fandom. My head was reeling as soon as the final credits rolled across the screen "what had happened to Wolf and Virginia, their children?" It was that thought that led me to come up with a series of stories about the children I imagine them to have, all proving themselves while dealing with the problems of being different than others. Hopefully I'll be able to pull this off so that fans of the series will see the "winks and nudges" and grin, but that I won't actually infringe on the copyright.

Well, I guess I will just have to see how it goes. Goodnight all, may you have pleasant dreams... I know I will.

~Krys