Goodreads asked Debra Denker:

How do you get inspired to write?

Debra Denker Ideas and characters and scenes just come to me. In some spiritual circles, one might call it a type of "channeling." There is a flow. The characters become so real that I feel like I know them. When I was at Findhorn last May, I had a sense of Tara and Xander entering the Sanctuary and sitting down on either side of me during a meditation. It takes a long time to develop the story of a novel, and an even longer time to somehow make the time to do the actual writing, have the courage to share with other writers and friends and get feedback, and then revise. Generally the structure of my novels remains intact and I just need to add nuances. My visit to Findhorn in May, during which I attended Experience Week, added richness and veracity to my descriptions of Findhorn Foundation in the novel. Sometimes I wish I could just sit and write everyday and escape the current reality that way, but at the same time I feel a responsibility to engage in Sacred Activism.

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