How it Began

What's the big idea? A magic waterfall! Here's how I got the idea to write this book.

One hot summer afternoon, I was hiking with my dad and my brothers.

There was a hiking path overlooking a waterfall, and the water looked so cool and refreshing.

We couldn't find a way down to the waterfall.

After a while, we discovered that we could scale a three foot wide cliff to get to a trail that went down to it.

When we were down, the water felt so good on my feet, and the waterfall was just so mysterious. I thought, I wonder what's behind that waterfall? What if there were a whole land inside of it?  Then I thought, Hey, that sounds like a good story.

For the next few days I started planning the story, characters, and drawings. In a month, I had written and illustrated the whole book by hand.

Then, after making some changes, I typed it up and published it.