Where do we find inspiration? What sequence of events or ideas sets us off on a creative journey.

For me, Circle’s Call and the other planned books in the quartet, owe their existence in part to a trip to the South Dakota badlands that I took with my father and sister years ago. We spent time spelunking by lantern light in Jewel Cave National Monument and camped in the Sage Creek wilderness area of Badlands National Park. While in the tent, I found myself sitting up in the middle of the night with my flashlight, jotting down some ideas that I didn’t want to lose. Many later, the inspiration from that trip resulted in my first hopefully-eventually-to-be-published novel (excluding the sci-fi novel I wrote in college that will NEVER see the light of day).

In tonight's episode, the sack of Selmar begins and we meet the first of our lead characters.