Church of Wandering Thoughts

I try to be a good church-going catholic. Really I do. I sit, kneel or stand in the appropriate places. I know the prayers by heart. And I listen to the readings.

But when it comes to the homily where the priest steps up to the mic to relate the readings to everyday life--well, my mind goes bye-bye. It could be because priests tend to be a little out of touch with the world, or it could be because every priest that I've listened to has a well-modulated voice--i.e. monotone and 'soothing'.

Instead of getting sleepy, my conscious mind takes all my sub-conscious writerly-type info and goes to town. Usually, I channel different scenes, some from my current story and some from stories down the road. But last Sunday, I really got some good stuff.

Several years ago, I wrote a story called THE LEPRECHAUN CONNECTION. Though I pimped it everywhere I only had one real bite, but it was eventually rejected for being too diverse with numerous fantasy elements. So I shoved it under the bed.

Or so I thought. But this story preyed on my mind as I wondered about the back story of my main character. Plus I had introduced so many characters and situations that it was a shame for them to go to waste. How had things in Celestia gotten so bad?

Names have been changed, but the main character in Leprechaun IS my protagonist in my MG novels only this time I'm writing her back story in real time.

I started wondering about how evil half-blood trolls managed to get enough knowledge to rule Celestia, and now I know--the answer is in MG novel #3, FOR WHOM THE BELL TROLLS, but first I have to finish THE FAST AND THE FAERIEOUS.

Oh, and remember those early readers that I wrote about Peter the fly? They won't go to waste either as I have rewrites planned for all of them.
Oh, I may not sell any of these stories, but I'm having fun writing, or should I say rewriting, them!

So, remember, dear author friends, characters and scenes from books shoved under the bed are still fodder for your fertile mind. Make good use of these, and remember . . .

Recycling is good for the soul.

Write on!