Goodreads asked Robert Smith:

How do you get inspired to write?

Robert Smith I have written four novels under the pen name of Jack Lourens. My interest has always been history and it seemed logical to write about a subject I have an interest in. I based my first novel "1809; The Year The Freed The Slaves" in America. A historical novel with a difference, particularly as you know how it ends from the title. The sequel "The Georgia Secession," again gives the ending away. The question to be answered in both books is "How do you get there?"
I added two shorter books "The Annunaki," and "The Pastor, The Atheist and The Unbeliever" before embarking on writing about Siam and Myanmar, in the case of the Toungoo Empire. What inspired me? An avid reader, could I do better? That is up to you to judge.

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