Goodreads asked Emory R. Ivie:

How do you get inspired to write?

Emory R. Ivie I began to view myself as a writer as soon as I was physically able to write. I started with little short stories that only consisted of a few sentences and illustrations when I was very little. I wrote in every composition book I could get my hands on. I wrote in the margins of schoolwork. I stapled pages together and made my own “books.” It was about four years ago when I received my first computer. All I ever did on it was type. I have written hundreds of stories and ideas, which eventually led to the publication of my first novel. All my life I have been writing about a vast majority of subjects - my pets, my future, my dreams, and my ideas. Writing has become as much a part of me as living itself.

Inspiration for The Drought came from God's most beautiful creation - the horse. I love these majestic creatures and would love to show my readers how amazing they are. If you saw my computer, it has a thousand Chapter 1's on it, and that's basically how The Drought started. I think I originally wanted it to be a part of my personal collections of short stories but once I wrote the first chapter I was interested in seeing where the storyline would go. So, I wrote the second chapter. Then the third. You can probably guess where it went from there.

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