Goodreads asked Brian Van Norman:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Brian Van Norman I'm not young but I began "Immortal Water" when I was 35. I set it aside for other pursuits but I keep notes on all the research I've done. Over the years I would pull it out and think about it, trying to add additional elements I observed as I grew older. Finally, when I finished with teaching, then directing, then adjudicating, I decided to try to take my writing seriously and devoted the time required, as well as shouldering the many rejections. I have spoken of how I was inspired to write about Juan Ponce de Leon, but I must say that during my research years earlier in the swamps and on the deserted beaches and through the waters of Florida, I found incredible beauty and wanted somehow to communicate that to others. I hope those who visit Florida can get past the billboards and big venues and find the state's natural wonders.

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