Throwing Down With Mr. Sandman

Okay,what is up with all the other writers getting full-on novels delivered to them whilst they sleep?

Stephanie Meyers claims that the Twilight tomes came to her in a dream. Author Karen Marie Moning claims the addictive, cliffhanger-ending Fever series of paranormal mystery romances came to her as a package deal, all at once, full plotting, arc, and resolution.

Of course, we could gently query these writers as to the contents of their last meals before bed which caused them to access the part of their subconscious which produced sparkly vampires and the total destruction of Dublin by dark faeries, but we’ll have to take that up with their dieticians. My beef is with Morpheus, who is definitely falling down on the dream-doling job. How am I supposed to dream a NY Times Bestseller if I can’t even sleep?

2 Replies to “Throwing Down With Mr. Sandman”

  1. I remember reading that Meredith Ann Pierce came up with her Darkangel books through a waking-dream, i.e. a daydream. I get ideas from "waking dreams" more often than sleeping dreams.

  2. The question is not with regards to food, but with regards to unfulfilled desire: how much frustration would you have to have to make it OK to dream about a stalker-vampire and find that sexy?

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