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Where
The Wild Ideas Are
By Kate Kisset
Author of Just a Kiss
Maybe I'm just one of those people who have
an overactive imagination.
Perhaps I just expect ideas will come to me
and they do. Or, maybe, I'm just comfortable with having several story ideas
running through my brain at any given time.
I am. :-)
For me, ideas, or the inspiration for them,
can come from anywhere, at any time, from anything:
An idea can suddenly come to me when I'm
watching a movie and the title somehow
changes.
Or, a when family comes to visit, and I
take them to some of my favorite local tourist destinations.
Sometimes, someone else's story, from a
long time ago, inspires me. In Just a
Kiss, Lulu Castelli is the great granddaughter of a renowned winemaker very
similar to Agoston Haraszthy. Mr.
Haraszthy, the self-proclaimed “Count of Buena Vista,” created California’s
first premium winery in Sonoma Valley in 1857.
I’m within walking distance to many
wineries. Sometimes I take it for granted, but as in the case of Just a Kiss, sometimes I take the time
to appreciate my surroundings and the stories they provide. Do you know the
history of your city? Can you gather any information from those stories that
might help one of your characters?
Find
more photos of the people and places that inspired my wine country romance Just a Kiss here.
The three women in The Single Girls Wine
Club live in the “real life” historic villa at what is now the Bartholomew
Winery in Sonoma. Bartholomew Winery is
known for its hiking trails. The idea
for my story came to me on trail behind the Bartholomew winery villa.
Maybe a sound will trigger a story or scene
idea: Dogs barking, a party in the distance, children laughing and splashing in
a nearby pool. Perhaps a lyric gets stuck in your brain. What does the song
mean to you?
“Just a shot in the dark that you just
might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole
life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss
goodnight”
“Just
a Kiss”—Lady Antebellum
Writers:
Davidson, Dallas / Scott, Hillary / Haywood, Dave / Kelley, Charles.
Source:
Metrolyrics.com
The complete playlist for Just a Kiss is on
my Spotify here.
Does nature inspire you? Is there anything
growing in your yard, or at a nursery that might nudge an idea? There’s a scene
in Just a Kiss in Lulu’s garden at Bella
Villa. Lulu instructs the story’s main character, Sarah, how to prune “Johnny-jump-ups.”
She goes on to use a rose to describe how Sarah is feeling. I took this photo
right outside my kitchen door.
Maybe all my years in radio taught me that
there is no "bad" way to find an idea, just as there are no
"bad" ideas. Open your eyes
listen with your soul and see what happens.
Until next time, Kate xo
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