Goodreads asked Jim Stein:

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

Jim Stein I white-boarded six potential main characters, genres, and plots getting ready for the annual NaNoWriMo self-challenge (where you commit to writing 50k words in November). I matched up a post-apocalyptic Urban Fantasy with a 1st person POV 17y/o protagonist. I liked the idea of an adopted character with special powers inherited from supernatural parents, having Native American overtones, and the idea that rock (and other killer music) has true power-in the magical sense. So I circled that column and got to work.

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