By Terry Palmer
One question that I often get as a novelist is
about inspiration and passion. What are my sources? What moves me
on to both write the story and then to ‘get the message out’?
As a writer, I need only a prompt, a ‘what if…’
to close upon my mind. At that point I’ll write out the beginning and end
and simple wait for the fun journey to begin. I write about the struggle
of man with darkness and light. A passage in Joshua makes my point. Joshua
sets out to take the Promised Land, not in the power of man, but through the
power of God. It’s a classic tale about the overwhelming power of man against
the faithful few and the Power of God. That is also a description of my
fantasy series, Chronicles of Orm.
In our Bible passage, five kings attack,
confident in their combined strength to defeat this small army of
believers. Joshua 10:11 and following…from the Open Bible. And it came about as they fled from before
Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horan, that the Lord threw large
stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who
died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the
sword.
I need no other inspiration than this. I
used this sequence for my poor wandering tribe of faithful, who step forward in
faith upon the shores of a new continent. The wrath of darkness is about
to descend upon them through the packs of vicious wolf like characters of
darkness. The faithful few and the power of His spirit against the hordes
of darkness.
Here is my type from
chapter twenty four of Chronicles of Orm, Book One, Legend of Cre – lo - Way. Lightning flared upon
the hiding places of the horde, who chose this moment to crowd together in
hiding just beyond the sight of those in the half circle on the beach. Sharp hail struck with
the full stunning force of nature upon either side of mankind on the
beach. Streaming hail stripped leaf and limb from the protective overhang
letting mankind see and understand the way of the horde. Huge hailstones rained
a stunning and eroding death upon those who lurked in the shame of hiding.
In this case as in His
Word, many more fell from the hailstones as from the edge of the sword.
My entire series is
built this way, making those who stand for the light against the throws of
darkness, dependent upon the strength of the light to overcome. In this
manner, both inspiration and passion flow together to help each scene make my
message clear and plain. By the end of the narrative, the reader will
know the darkness, know the light, and know the difference, making it very
plain about which to choose from this day on. Indeed, which will you
choose?
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Terry Palmer is a writer
from northwestern Wisconsin. Since 2008, Terry has sought to bring the
message about the battle between darkness and light to his readers. His
latest work is a fourteen eBook series about Valentine’s Day – The Procrastinators Guide to Valentine’s Day. Each eBook takes a few verses
from Proverbs 31, about the virtuous woman, and matches that with key words of
inspiration. Chronicles of Orm returns to his calling, making a sharp
contrast between good and evil in the hope for that one who struggles in life
with the throes of darkness will find hope and direction to turn to the
light. And this is the message that we have received and give to you,
that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. I John 1:5 Open Bible. Contact Terry at Fictionbypalmer@gmail.com. https://amazon.com/author/terrypalmer
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