by Vonda Skelton @VondaSkelton
A few years ago
my husband and I took our two youngest grandchildren to Cherokee NC to learn
more about our Cherokee heritage. But on our way home that day, I realized I
did more than simply learn dates and historical events. I began to write about
it, at least in my mind. 
Isn't that the
way we are as writers? We go on a simple vacation or go shopping or read a
current event and before we know it, we're contemplating characters, mapping
out plots, scouting locations, capturing events, and creating a world inside
our heads.
