"A picture is worth a thousand words."
We have heard this quote so often, and I find it true - sometimes. Some images are just colors to me in a pattern; others are an entire world that inspires me, makes me feel, makes me wonder, and forms question after question in my brain that I want to answer. And that is when a story starts to form in my head.
I have been wondering why some images talk to me that way and others don’t, and I can’t give you a definitive answer. It starts with a feeling, and then the story starts forming; I need to feel before a story can develop. The entire series, The Magical Universe, began with one image. Unfortunately, I can not show you the image as I don’t have the copyright. The image showed a woman holding a crystal ball in the palms of her hands containing a big old oak tree with a blue sky and small birds. Surrounding the women is darkness, and in the background, the universe with stars and star consultations and nebulas. The image just told me one thing: “Life where life shouldn’t be able to survive.”
By placing The Magical Universe outside our natural world, I obtained the freedom to invent creatures, worlds, and phenomena that you and I will never see in real life, but also draw on what exists just outside our door and, not least, human nature.
One of the first things I determine before writing is the story's vibe. I knew I wanted rich and beautiful images to come to the reader’s mind, colorful and with a sense of sweetness. Sadness came to the story as the very last element. I had no idea it would
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