Fifteen years old as of today, Sonya is drawing inspiration from the EXPLO community for the fantasy novel she's writing.
Everything is so unexpected here. I love the element of surprise that this program brings to my day. I sit in this spot because I can look at everyone from this place. I love being able to see the people — who’s going out and who’s coming in, who’s sitting and talking, who’s walking.
The boys playing football over there — I could see that translating to the atmosphere at the beginning of my book. The hero of the story arrives and marvels at all of the games and activities that are constantly going on.
I’m trying to write one of my chapters. It’s a fantasy story about EXPLO. A group of guys disappear from here into the past and they end up in the Middle Ages.
They’re trying to understand how they ended up there. I think I’m going to have them fight in a historical battle, maybe Trafalgar, but I haven’t actually decided what country they come from. I think I’ll base some characters off of people I know here. Perhaps my living group.
Jill Luoma-Overstreet