Goodreads asked John G. Stevens:

How do you get inspired to write?

John G. Stevens Ideas and inspiration come from everywhere. My wife has a specific piece of jewelry that gave me the idea for an entire spinoff novella. Maybe even a series of novella. Sometimes that's all it takes! I can feel the world that lives around a single idea, even before I work out the details. Sometimes you just know the potential is there.

Other times my mind wanders, I'll think about different kinds of magic and interesting ways it could be applied. Sometimes I come across something that gets me excited and build entire characters around those ideas.

I've often gotten the idea of a character name or story theme while out and about, so I'll often make notes on a notepad on my smartphone.

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