Goodreads asked Lynda Taylor:

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

Lynda Taylor 'The Clouds Dance' came about after hearing a government minister suggest that Art and Music should no longer be taught in school due to the need for more scientists and doctors etc. Omitting these subjects from the curriculum would leave room for more teaching of Science and Maths. The minister said art and music could be after school activities. I assumed these would have to be paid for, meaning that only the better off families would be able to afford that. I could see that Literature might also be earmarked for removal - after all if you want to control a population then removing imaginative and creative subjects has often been seen as a way to do that. Many book burnings have taken place in the past. Novels such as 'Fahrenheit 451' and '1984' along with world events at the time also inspired the plot. Since writing the novel, other events have happened which resonate with my ideas.

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