On Writing Nine Fingers: The Good Wolves
I’m on the downhill run toward finishing Nine Fingers: The Good Wolves, the third book of four in the Nine Fingers series, my eighth book writing as Tony Bowman, and my twenty-first book overall. I started planning out Good Wolves right after finishing the original Nine Fingers. As happens quite often, another story moved into my head between book one and The Good Wolves. That book was Nine Fingers: The Beast of Bray Road. So, the basic story of The Good Wolves has been percolating in my mind since 2015. Specifically, the beginning of Good Wolves and the end have been clearly defined for almost seven years. I ‘see’ the scenes from my books in my head and they run on a continuous loop, sometimes for a decade. Little details get added with each run through. How does it feel when a werewolf is engulfed in flame? Is there panic before they emerge from the fire and begin to heal? What does burning werewolf fur smell like? Each bit of detail requires a rewind of the scene and a r...