Goodreads asked Jazz Ford:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jazz Ford I always have the urge to write, it's such a passion of mine. Even as a child I was obsessed with reading books. Books were my safe haven, they took me away from the struggles of the real world I dealt with growing up. I had very few friends growing up, some ended up changing schools or they would play with other kids who excluded me. I was badly bullied almost daily and had a difficult life at home. I guess you could say books were my friends in place of people. It is also why my imagination is so strong, it was my world away from the real world all my life. As much as I enjoyed working in nursing homes and homecare for 9 years, I knew I would never truly be happy working in any field other than writing my novels and sharing them with the world.
Having 3 young children I want my kids to follow their dreams, I want them to do what makes them truly happy, but I felt like a hypocrite because I wasn't doing what truly made me happy.... writing, creating worlds, characters and sharing it with the world. My kids are what inspire me to write, my husband is what inspires me to write and the hundreds of emails I receive from my readers through wattpad each day are what also inspire me to write and to keep writing.

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