I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.
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I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.
I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.
I'm inspired by many different things. Often, I'm inspired by experiences I've had, books I've read, people I've met, stories I've heard.
I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.
What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'
Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara Cartland taught me to write character-driven stories.
Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.
I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.
Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me, sometimes they come from experiences in my own life, and sometimes they are inspired by mere moments.
A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way.
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