How can a writer get good story ideas from hotel resorts and bar supplies, you’d ask? Well, writers are not unlikely to be  inspired by daily things. A closet may become the perfect excuse for mystery or fantasy events, a doll could bring back to old family memories that cross borders with history and drama. Even resorts and bar supplies could be the perfect setting for a thriller, or a story revolving around mysterious character who never stops by a city for more than one night. Looking at bar supplies for setting ideas, you can have that barman in your story who always messes up with colors and decorations and…

What if a character of mine worked for a service like Maid to Please? I’m sure you know what I mean. Humble jobs. Yet jobs filled with love and passion for what people do. One of my newest fictional characters, Reina Pater, works for a house-cleaning service. Only for some time in her story, but yes, she does. And it doesn’t make her a cybernetic Cinderella. The cleaning job actually teaches her to be more human-like. She learns what it means to be a human being with all the hopes, sacrifices and dreams involved. She grows as a character and as a person. In the past, I used to give…