Story Behind the Story Do you have a hidden trove of information that could become a novel ? By M . C . V . Egan
Story Behind the Story Do you have a hidden trove of information that could become a novel ? By M . C . V . Egan
In the course of researching The Bridge of Deaths the traditional archival resources : newspapers , archives , books and interviews were combined with metaphysical resources : psychics , healers and hypnosis to visit past lives . As a result of that research I collected quite a treasure-trove of data on various subjects and it is fortunately carefully documented and saved . Some of the data could be useful for short stories , articles , and perhaps even short plays . There is however much that can be put to great use to write full size novels . Mark Twain so wisely stated “ Write what you know ”. So dig into your old research as well as into your past to realize what you know . I am presently working on a series putting some of this information to good use . With a different viewpoint on the metaphysical than I did in the past , and focusing on more negative angles . I did the same with my historical research by concentrating on controversial or disputable history . In any field there are the competent and the incompetent as well as the ethical and unethical . In every field no-one is right all the time . This was clear in the historical research when encountering the likes of Holocaust denier David Irving ( http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / David _ Irving ), who is very famous for proving the Hitler Diaries were absolute forgeries . However in his book Churchill ’ s War ; in a great twist of irony , David Irving documents British Member or Parliament Anthony Crossley as an evil Zionist , wrong ! Easy research on the subject shows that the very MP was the ‘ voice for the Arab cause ’ in regards to the Palestinian Territories as documented by the New York Times , The Times ( London ) and the very minutes of the British Parliament ( Hansard ). This aside from the obvious disregard for well documented tangible evidence that disproves any Holocaust denier . On the metaphysical side the choice was made because inasmuch as I met and interacted with some wonderful and intriguing individuals , in that realm ; psychics and healers alike . There was no want for those I wish I had not encountered . My approach was aided by a variety of friends who for their own personal reasons would visit psychics and healers and would confidentially convey all details of their experiences . I was seeking the past , but most of my friends were seeking the future . Once I was absolutely certain someone was trustworthy appointments were set to work with the two watches from the 1939 plane crash , these were with a handful of people gifted in psychometry , all of whom are credited on The Bridge of Deaths . Amongst the undesirable people I met in the psychic / healer realm some were outright charlatans and others were more subtle at manipulating people and they were frankly very good at it ,