WHAT IF
by Susan Kearney
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Is the question I’m asked most frequently.
OK, I’m going to admit a secret. I don’t think of myself as a writer. Writing was that hard boring stuff with commas and grammar that I was supposed to learn in school. But story telling? Ah, that’s where the fun is.
My process for creating a story always seems to start with a “What if.” For example, when I read the headline in my newspaper, Woman To Direct Secret Service, I started playing What if? What if a woman took a bullet to save the President?
What if aliens saved the secret service agent?
And what if the alien who saved her was a sexy warrior from another world? Now ever since I first saw Star Trek I’ve always had a thing for sexy men in sleek space ships. So I thought what if the man had to train the woman for an alien challenge?
OK. So my imagination tends to go where others may not have gone before. However, once I put my hero and heroines in space, I get to create entire new worlds. But as a lazy writer, I tend to avoid the parts I don’t enjoy—like describing clothing. Hence, I made suits for my characters to wear that they can alter with a mere thought.
See, all this is fun. And think about all the things one can do if the suits nullify gravity. TheKamaSutra would need re-writing. At least need more 
pictures, right?
That’s kind of how my mind works, one idea leads to another
Okay, so now I have built a world from playing What If. What if the alien and the earthling fall in love? Conflict is good, without it life is boring. So mix in a common enemy—just to complicate my characters lives. And then what if my hero can either save his home world or the woman he loves?
So my process to write a story is to play “What if.” I don’t censor my thoughts. I don’t say -–oh that’s too strange—-I leave that to reviewers. J
And I adore readers who leave reviews of my books all over the Internet. It’s especially fun to hear how excited readers are about the re-release of The Rystani Warrior series in e-books and print.
Coming late June 2013
THE CHALLENGE is out now. THE DARE, THE ULTIMATUM and THE QUEST will be out soon. These stories can each stand alone, but I think they are best when read from first to last. Yes, the stories are hot and sexy. Yes, there are moral and ethical dilemmas. But the stories are about how my characters react to all the problems I throw at them. It just comes down to telling a story. And the first person I have to entertain is myself.
All right. You get the idea. It would be even better if you get the books.
Susan Kearney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of The Rystani Warrior Series. Get THE CHALLENGE (Book 1) today at Amazon Kindle for ONLY $4.79! Look for THE DARE in late June 2013. THE ULTIMATUM and THE QUEST (Books 3 and 4) to follow.
