My friend 'Rosie' and I write stories together.
It is because of her that Spakes exist and I have a series of novels based on mythologically real creatures.
ALSO... We and another friend 'Stasi' are writing a book together about Elves, and Fairies, and Pixies.
ALSO... Rosie and I are writing a story about Twins.
AND... The more we spend time together the more we realize we have REALLY WEIRD connections between our stories.
Like... My character being the mother of one of her characters.
Like... Her character being the daughter of one of my mythological creatures.
Like... The fact that our stories are becoming more and more complex and connected.
There is a part of my brain that says YOU CAN'T DO THAT because - normally - authors aren't allowed to write worlds together with a second author while still keeping both authors autonomous. BUT... Then there is another part of my brain, the rebellious part, that says I can do whatever I want as long as I write stories that other people (preferably LOTS of people because that would be totes cool) will want to read.
Do you want to be CONFUSED? I will attempt to draw a diagram...
YOU SEE... There is a reality sideways from ours and there are three worlds, Earth (also known as Jezkana), Gorsonian, and Galsha (which is Rosie's and I'm probably spelling it wrong). They look like this:
The Universe is Purple...
And They are all connected in a way that is hard to explain. It looks like this:
Underneath all of these worlds is a second world known as the Land of Faerie.
Think of it as like a parfait, with layers of worlds that go beyond space and time...
And connected to Faerie are three sub-worlds, home of Fairies, Pixies, and Elves...
There is one more thing you should know: Connected to the earth (as well as the other worlds) are hundreds of thousands of realities spreading out like a fan or like ripples in a pond...
The Spake reality is the closest one.
Not that it matters a whole lot...
And if ANY thread of reality should malfunction or get torn apart, because everything is connected, it will all circle out and destroy stinking EVERYTHING...
And that just makes my brain HURT. ALSO... It gives me an Insane number of ideas and makes me want to make giant posters to try and understand it better. Woo. So hard.
NOW... Hopefully I haven't CONFUSED YOU ENTIRELY. But I probably have. ALSO... Hopefully I haven't given too much away. BUT... I trust you guys and needed to tell SOMEONE. And you guys are someones.
SO.... Have you ever had a story idea EXPLODE and give you more story info then you really thought you needed to know?