Mostly, they sit there, mouldering in secret. Everywhere I look, listen, or turn, I pick up fragments of stories, and I squirrel them away, along with the thoughts to which my mind immediately run, in an online notebook.
A chance overheard phrase will strike my ear an image will catch my eye a news story will sail straight on by an intriguing mention or even the whole point. The former are odd little beasts, which come at me all the time. “There’s a distinction for me between ideas and Ideas.
Here’s what she had to say about the spark for “The Cherry Crow Children of Haverny Wood”. She has a magically original voice and she creates worlds with such depth you can smell them. I’ve loved Deb’s writing since we did a workshop together years ago. I haven’t done a Sparks post for a while, but with Deborah Kalin’s collection “Cherry Crow Children” coming out soon from Twelfth Planet Press, the time seemed right.
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