Goodreads asked Tot Taylor:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Tot Taylor 'The Story of John Nightly' was originally inspired by the many, many ex-pop stars (or 'people in the music business') who had a very swift rise to fame and in so many cases an even swifter fall from grace. The same applies to any artist, those in the visual arts, writers, architects, professional gardeners. Anyone who, post-fame, experiences a (very) long 'fade out'. I wanted to write about what they might be doing for the rest of their lives - i. e. very often fifty or sixty years in oblivion.

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