Debby Giusti here!
Readers often ask where
writers find ideas for their stories. The answers are as varied and unique as
the folks responding to the question. Some might say their stories took hold
with a snippet of conversation or a news article in the daily paper. Others may
have enhanced a what-if situation sparked from their imagination. Still others
could have taken a personal experience and twisted it into a fictional tale.
I’m beginning a new story
and pulling from a very different place, at least for me. Some years ago, I
happened upon a television crime documentary about a murder. As the program
began to unfold, I had an eerie sense of déjà vu and soon realized the alleged
murderer was a man I knew.
Actually I was good friends
with his younger brother during my high school years. Our parents were close,
and my family and I attended the older brother's wedding. Since that time both sets of parents
have passed away. I lost track of the “other” family and, thus, had no
knowledge of the brutal act shown that night on TV.
The docudrama was difficult
to watch, but it planted the seed of a story that begged to be written. Now,
years later, I’m excited about using that documentary as the starting point for
the next book in my Military Investigation series. Although completely
different from the real-life case, my story will spring from an actual crime that struck too close to home.
Where do you get your ideas?
Waving to the wonderful
readers who visit our blog: What unique situations have you experienced that
could be developed into a story?
Wishing you abundant
blessings,
Debby Giusti
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THE
AGENT’S SECRET PAST
By
Debby Giusti
THREAT
FROM HER AMISH PAST
Eight
years ago, a drifter destroyed Becca Miller's ties to her Amish community—and
murdered her family. Now a special agent with Fort Rickman
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