He’s a good person at heart, though he’s made many mistakes and this wrong is something that is felt not only by him, or the other man, but by their families. This man who caused so much harm is not a bad man. I wondered what had caused the accident at the beginning, and why, obviously later in the dream movie, was somebody invading someone’s home.īefore I had finished smoking the cigarette, the entire premise had come together: A man, horribly wronged by another man.

It was the middle of winter, and I was standing on our porch, shivering as I replayed those scenes over and over in my head. I smoked cigarettes back then and snuck outside to have one. It was just after three in the morning, and I was now wide awake. I tried to figure out who was in the home, who the intruder was, and was becoming increasingly frustrated because I had no idea what was going on. I didn’t get to see what happened, for the movie jumped ahead several scenes to show me an intruder invading somebody’s home, armed with a crowbar, and using the tool to bash heads.

A strange man appears, seemingly out of nowhere, to help him search. He kicks his way out of the car, wanting to find his son. The scene that was transpiring on my dream screen was the opening: a man trapped in a car, his injured wife bleeding profusely beside him. Is that laughter I hear? I’m being serious! In this dream I had way back in 2006, I was watching a movie. But when it was first conceived, it was meant to be my first attempt at writing a novel, but then it was changed into a script that I thought could be shot for a very low budget during a very short shooting schedule. That’s a long time for an idea to be brewing. Man, I gotta up my giveaway game.ĭesolation has been around for ten years.

And don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end of the post. Ever wondered where writers get their ideas? Well, Hellions, read on. Today I hand the wheel over to Krist as he takes you on Desolation’s journey. The cover it flipping awesome, and I know the contents will be even better. He’s already kicking off 2016 with a new book from Samhain, Desolation.

Last year, he floored me with Jagger and Bigfoot Beach. We share a publisher and an agent, so he can’t shake me even if he wants to. Kristopher Rufty is not only my friend, he’s also one of my favorite authors.

Bigfoot Beach by Kristopher Rufty