hot seat Archives ⋆ Be the Cat https://bethecatblog.com/tag/hot-seat/ random musings of stories and life Tue, 11 Aug 2015 05:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://bethecatblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MalachiteIcon-32x32.png hot seat Archives ⋆ Be the Cat https://bethecatblog.com/tag/hot-seat/ 32 32 5279163 Make the Future and What IF? https://bethecatblog.com/2015/08/make-the-future-and-what-if/ https://bethecatblog.com/2015/08/make-the-future-and-what-if/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:00:08 +0000 https://bethecatblog.com/?p=3522 Writers tend to deal in the realm of “what if” … What if a baby wizard was orphaned and survived being killed by the darkest wizard of them all? What if that baby had to grow up and ultimately kill the dark wizard in order to save the wizarding world from destruction? A couple what ifs like that and an ... Read More

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]]> Writers tend to deal in the realm of “what if” … What if a baby wizard was orphaned and survived being killed by the darkest wizard of them all? What if that baby had to grow up and ultimately kill the dark wizard in order to save the wizarding world from destruction? A couple what ifs like that and an entire series is born. Writers are willing to follow the rabbit trail of a thought to its conclusion because it might turn out to be a really cool story. I’m in the process of following the what if trail as I am embarking on writing another book in the Timmy and the Golden Lion Tamarin series.

As I was getting ready to dive into my writing cave and block all else out, I ran across an article that intrigued and impressed me. It caught my attention because an 8-year-old girl, the same age as my protagonist, Timmy, has developed an anti-bullying bracelet. This I had to see … because I love the way kids minds work, AND bullying is the major theme in Timmy and the Golden Lion Tamarin. What I found was not one child who had followed the trail of what ifs to an amazing conclusion, but FOUR contest winners in the Make the Future contest. Plus, the bonus for me were the 18-year-olds who had won previously and knowing what they had developed. Some truly amazing stuff. Please check out the video below to see the kids and their inventions.

Now it’s time for me to go into stealth mode, become the writing hermit, and knock out another book for our Guardian Angel Animal series. I cannot wait until we can share these books with the world. I’ve put on my armor and I’m ready to dive in.

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