Goodreads asked Jason Fuesting:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jason Fuesting Growing up in the 80s/90s, I was an avid reader. Sci-fi, fantasy, non-fiction, it didn't really matter so long as it was entertaining. I did a fair bit of scribbling before high school, but I knew it was all trash so it went nowhere. I developed an AD&D habit around then that carried over into high school and my time in the Navy. Developed a campaign world with the help of some friends that I still ran games in up until a few years ago, when getting my physics degree started demanding all of my time, not just a bit of it.

All that time, I liked writing, but was convinced I'd never be able to make any money at it so I never did more than use my inspirations to expand my campaign world.

Then I got sleep apnea and all the lovely cognitive side effects that came with it. Life got remarkably stressful in a very short amount of time and I developed a fair amount of depression because I didn't understand why I was suddenly having so many issues. My wife, who was part of the last gaming group I DMed, suggested I actually start writing to help deal with things. I picked up an old, incomplete draft of a story I'd started set in that campaign world, and started filling it in. It's still not published due to needing a lot of TLC, but that's what got the ball rolling.

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