A Scary Place
I’ve always invited people to “Meet my Imagination.” It truly is an awesome trip to undertake. In fact, it is so vast that I could never write all the stories stored there in my lifetime. Well, come to think of it, for several lifetimes. I’ve always found it to be a safe haven when my emotions are in an uncomfortable place and I need to withdraw and think. All I have to do is close my eyes and I am off on yet another daring and suspenseful adventure. It truly does not take much and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I just never thought of it as a scary place…
The best way I can sum up where all my ideas hatch is this: It is like standing in a warehouse on a lot bigger than any Southern Plantation and it is pristine. In this humongous room are rows and rows of filing cabinets, each with at least 20 drawers a piece. These file cabinets go on and on much further than the eye can see or knowledge behold. In each one of these drawers there is at least one story idea and, as has been the case over the past several years, a series containing at least three books and/or as many as six or seven. Due to the number of books I have already finished, but just need to edit and polish for possible publication, I have placed locks on each of these millions of drawers until I get caught up, which could be never…
Just the other day, I was mulling the ending to a short story I have been working on when out pops a drawer with three books to its series. The Angel Trilogy. I suspect it is to be an inspirational series for young adults with a minor bit of romance. (Or not.) I brought this up to my mom and she said that for characters to be desperate enough to pick the locks on their drawers, that I might not be able to maintain control, making the warehouse in my brain sound like a scary place to be. I never thought of it that way. However, when I take the time to ponder the possibilities and what many of my characters could have as certain magical or simply skilled violence, it does cast a shadow over this pristine storage facility.
As of now, there is no great emergency. I have convinced this new trio to stay where it is and continue to develop what they are about until such time as I can say, “yes,” let’s go for it. It matters not what goes on in my head and heart, scary or scintillating, I will always invite people to “Meet My Imagination.” So, I dare you, visit the warehouse. Just be cautious what you might find…
Writing is my dream. From romance to dragons; fairies to fantasy worlds. This is where I live and play. Thanks be to God! - Lisa Hannah Wells
