Ron C. Nieto
I'm not sure I could build an entire novel around a real-life mystery. However, I do use small moments of wonder or puzzlement and build something around the feelings they gave me.
One example: there's this one city, very cozy, medieval style. I kept getting lost when I visited. And every time, I ended up at the same place, no matter what turns I took. Fast forward six years, and I'm writing about faerie paths.
A shadow seen in the stairwell of an old gothic building brewed in my head for about ten years and then became Silent Song, my YA gothic romance.
And so on and so forth. I don't have many mysteries to share, but I treasure the small, magical moments, let them ferment and come up with something mysterious and thrilling to write about. That's my secret against an otherwise standard life ;)
One example: there's this one city, very cozy, medieval style. I kept getting lost when I visited. And every time, I ended up at the same place, no matter what turns I took. Fast forward six years, and I'm writing about faerie paths.
A shadow seen in the stairwell of an old gothic building brewed in my head for about ten years and then became Silent Song, my YA gothic romance.
And so on and so forth. I don't have many mysteries to share, but I treasure the small, magical moments, let them ferment and come up with something mysterious and thrilling to write about. That's my secret against an otherwise standard life ;)
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