Goodreads asked B.T. Polcari:

How do you get inspired to write?

B.T. Polcari The inspiration to write is deep-seated in me, going all the way back to the fifth grade and my writing teacher, Mrs. S. The difficulty has never been finding the inspiration to write, it’s been finding the time over the years while navigating life. If it isn’t obvious, I love to write. Plus, it gets pretty crowded in my head, so I have to write just to make a little room for other things, like remembering my street address and ATM pin number. That doesn’t mean writing is easy. It isn’t. As Syracuse University’s legendary writing professor, Bill Glavin, once said: “Remember that bad writers think that writing is easy; good writers think writing is hard, and I think there is a lesson in there somewhere.” For me, writing hurts so good. No inspiration necessary.

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