One of the beautiful things about writing as an art, is that inspiration can come from many places. It can come from a conversation, the world around us, and perhaps unsurprisingly, from other works of art.

Since I started writing, I’ve noticed that my writing instinct tends to jump into action when I hear a particularly moving piece of music, or I’ll imagine writing the narration as I watch people proceed through even mundane tasks. It also kicks in when I see certain works of visual art. I want to share a couple of those pieces with you, today.

If you read my first blog post, you know that stories are my passion. My life’s blood. I enjoy crafting, writing, and telling them. And there’s no one part of the process that, to me, is any less fun than another.

I’ve come to discover, though, that I do get a certain satisfaction from seeing things come together. Enter one of my long-time hobbies; Gunpla.

When you tell people you’re an author, one of the first things people ask after getting past all the questions about your book seems to be, “So what made you want to write a book?” I figure, since this is my very first blog post I’ll go ahead and answer that.