Goodreads asked Jill Caugherty:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jill Caugherty As my full-time job, I'm a product manager in the high tech industry, where I’ve held positions from software development to marketing to proposal management for nearly thirty years. Although I enjoy the analytical aspects of my job, I've always longed to be a writer, in much the same way that Irene, the protagonist of WALTZ IN SWING TIME, always longed to be a musician.
When I was six, my parents asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. When I replied a writer, they quickly dismissed that notion, arguing it wouldn’t pay the bills. Since then, I refused to give up my dream; and while growing up, I wrote poems, plays, little novels, and stories.
As an adult, I write as a creative outlet. I still plan to write full-time, because it’s what I love to do, and it's what energizes me.

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