I wanted the Utopia Saga to educate people on society’s dangers because of our fragile food chain. During this period, I dreamed about an alien invasion of Earth via an asteroid strike, temporarily disrupting our food chain. The natural outcome of that was massive food shortages. We know that because of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, people will do almost anything to continue eating. Knowing the history of primitive people’s turning to cannibalism during food shortages is the final plot of Adam’s Quest was formed.
I introduced the Watchers as it seemed like a logical explanation of how we came to be as a people and my belief we are not the only civilization in the Universe. Most stories have villains and heroes, so I used aliens for both. As the story developed, I liked it more and more and began the second book to resolve unresolved issues in the first book. Things grew from there. Now there are ten novels in the Saga. Will there be more? We shall see.