Comments on: How did this happen?

By: diannefox

diannefox — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:50:39 +0000

Oh, if we’re talking TV and movies, my grandfather (the one who read Old West romance novels) was the one I watched Star Trek with as a child. And the A-Team and MASH. And I’d watch soap operas with my grandmother. They’re probably the reasons for my current genre affiliations.

By: jlhiltonauthor

jlhiltonauthor — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:31:39 +0000

That’s exactly what I get, too, Dianne, like movies in my head. And often when I’m falling asleep, but also when I’m waking up, driving, showering, or zoning out. My husband catches me staring at the wall and wonders what I’m doing… “Working.” Uh, doesn’t look like it! XD

By: jlhiltonauthor

jlhiltonauthor — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:29:42 +0000

omg that was the first scene I dreamed, too, KC–how Duin and Genny met! What’s up with that? lol

By: KC Burn

KC Burn — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:34:00 +0000

My dad was also a sci-fi fan. The first movie I remember seeing was Star Wars (I was 5), second movie was The Wrath of Khan. We watched Star Trek reruns together and Doctor Who (the Tom Baker years). Although I haven’t read a huge amount of sci-fi, I really enjoy the freedom to make up my own rules, bend worlds and people to the needs of my story. And I still adore sci-fi TV and movies – total shock to anyone who has read my posts here, I know

JL – most of my books start the same way, with me dreaming a scene. For Spice ‘n’ Solace I dreamt about Jathan and Kaz’s first meet (minus the sex, sadly) and the book grew from there.

By: diannefox

diannefox — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:16:31 +0000

I dream scenes for novels all the time, like movies playing in my head as I fall asleep, so I can understand how that might happen to you.

By: jlhiltonauthor

jlhiltonauthor — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:04:59 +0000

My dad was a huge SF fan (and an avid amateur astronomer). I can remember standing in line with him to see “Star Wars” in 1977 (I was 6). He had his original paperback copies of various Heinlein books he read when he was a kid, and I read those at a very young age. I read his Dune novels, and his copies of Omni and Twilight Zone magazines. I grew up playing with Battlestar Gallactica toys and had autographed pictures of Gil Gerard from Buck Rogers on my walls. Through my dad’s high-powered telescope, I’ve seen stuff like the ice caps of Mars and the red spot of Jupiter.

But my writing was always fantasy or non-fiction, until I wrote Stellarnet Rebel. I know it sounds weird, but the novel came to me in a dream. In May 2009, I woke up with an entire scene in my head. The rest of the book flowed from there, demanding to be written. I mean, I couldn’t NOT write it. It was a bizarre experience.