Goodreads asked Tom Collins:

How do you get inspired to write?

Tom Collins I’ve always loved suspense and mysteries so it seemed natural to write about something I had a passion for. Where did these stories come from? They come from my life. For example, the idea for my latest mystery, "The Claret Murders", began on Christmas Eve when my son and I shared an old bottle of Chateau Cheval Blanc. That event, melded with the mental image of an old mansion that I had driven by for years, started mw thinking. I wondered what secrets and mysteries were buried inside. Life is where your stories will come from—and they’re just waiting to be told. Look for those stories and get busy. Write. The easy part is publishing your work. The hard part is making sure that your work is worth the reader’s time.

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