Thursday's Children 9/20/12 - Cornstalks & Coptic Bombshells

Welcome to our weekly inspiration-sharing post Thursday's Children. 

Writing, being published, it's all part of the journey, and most of us have far to go.  Hopefully keeping each other company and sharing our inspirations will make the trip more fun, if not any shorter. 

We hope next week you'll join Thursday's Children with your own inspirational post.

Generally I have to chain my muse to something - an image, an idea, a song - before she'll start actually working on my behalf.

My muse doesn't know quite what to make of this week's "somethings".  Can't say I really blame her...



Cornstalks - Up Close and Personal



What's with the cornstalks?  Well, cornstalk mazes are creepy - I've already written one into my book UNQUIET SOULS. 
And I'm not the only one inspired by corn - there's that other "Maine-ah" (that would be "Mainer" for those of you who don't live here) Stephen King.  He knows a few things about cornfields too.

I took these photos while we were at an orchard picking apples.  The one on the left inspires me to paint (but I have no time for that).  The one below inspires me to write a story about cornstalks that come to life after dark.  I can tell you right now they'll be up to no good.

Qoute of the Week - "The world is not really crawling with crooked papyrologists"

- Roger Bagnall, regarding the possibility of a Mrs. Jesus Christ.

 

A business card-sized bit of papyrus from the second century might

turn Christianity on its ear. 

I've used an heirloom diary in one of my books, but now I'm thinking

smaller, older, secret code or defunt language...

Somebody will definitely be writing a book about the scrap below, just not me -

Kristina, how about you?

And speaking of my partner in crime, here's a link to her blog. 
This week's post is titled Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You

Kristina Perez