Do you ever wonder where authors get inspiration for their stories?

As an avid reader well before I became an author, there were books I read that were so astounding, I thought to myself, “How does someone come up with this stuff?”

It wasn’t until I sat down to write what would later become In the Shadow of Angels that I understood inspiration comes from the oddest of places, and at the most unexpected times.

In case you want to know, I was playing the Sims 3, testing out the 3D models I creat...