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Goodreads asked Claude Needham:

How do you get inspired to write?

Claude Needham Actually I was told to write. A good friend turned to me one day after I made a joke about a possible book title. I wasn't a writer, or at least I didn't consider myself a writer. I was just throwing the title out for comic effect and maybe one of the writers present would pick up on the idea. Instead, my friend looked and me and said "Write it." The rest is between the pages. That friend was E.J. Gold.

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