Goodreads asked Michael Lindley:

How do you get inspired to write?

Michael Lindley My novels have all come from fascination with a particular place and time. My first two novels were set in a small resort town in Northern Michigan where I grew up and my family has lived for many generations. The era of the 1940's and '50's were always intriguing to me with the vast cultural divide of the wealthy summer elite who visiting each year and the local families like my own who cared for their homes and boats, and relied on their money to build a life in this remote area.

The third book is set in Atlanta, Georgia and a small beach village in North Florida. As I researched the early years of Grayton Beach, I was inspired to recreate the Prohibition-era times of moonshiners, bootleggers and a killer hurricane in that area.

Pawleys Island and Charleston, SC captured my imagination for my fourth book after trips there recently, with a story set in both the Civil War times and present day.

Daily inspiration seems to come from an excitement and anticipation in seeing where the story will lead and evolve as it continues to develop.

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