Intuition, or When The Muse Pays A Visit

traordinary blogging agent Nathan asks, how did you come up for the idea for your work in progress?




My stories always seem to arrive the same way - either a phrase or an image sparks a scene, and from there, with a faint sense of the characters and location, I start feeling my way in by writing in chunks.
The Face of A Lion all started with the image of a boy walking down a road, with the sea following him as he went.
Rose's story also started with the image of a journey, but was more about an idea; it came about when I re-learned that the expulsion of the Jews from Spain occurred in the same year as Columbus' first voyage. I still find fascinating the dichotomy of discovery and exploration versus fear and anger.
How about you?