God’s Bolt
As with all my novels this started with a couple of ideas which bumped together.
The first idea began with an idle thought: could I write a novel with just one character?
That led me to wonder where that character might be. I came up with the idea of them being marooned on a space station. That led me to question how they had come to be marooned.
The second whimsy was: could I get a novel to work, to have development and dynamics, if I started at the end?
Before I knew it I had the scenario for God’s Bolt – a Sci-Fi novel.
I invented my character. Then I ran into the problems. She had to have a back story and that necessarily involved other characters. My first idea became slightly adulterated by other characters.
By then it was too late. The juices were flowing. I had a plot. One thing led to another and I began trying to catch up with where my mind was taking me.
While I did not quite succeed at just having one character I did get quite close. I was more successful at starting from the end and did think the dynamics worked.
The reviews have been good!
Amazon.co.uk:Customer reviews: God's Bolt
I write my Sci-Fi novels under the alias of Ron Forsythe. I have a site set up for Ron. It has many of the books up there but I’ve got to find time to update it with the last four or five!
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Thank you!