Goodreads asked Debbie Bateman:

How do you get inspired to write?

Debbie Bateman Without exception, I write about what I do not yet know. This came as a surprise to me when I first discovered it. I'd always heard you should do the opposite: write about what you know. But I pick areas of human experience that I do not understand well, and I research like a crazed person until a complex human with a formidable problem crosses my path of attention and then I can begin a story. In Your Body Was Made for This, there is a story about a woman who has Alzheimer's. I researched that subject for three years before I began to write a story. Knowing that many people have a loved one with this difficult disease or are experiencing it themselves, made me determined to write about it in a way that reflects lived experiences. The story was also reviewed by people with a medical background because it was important to me to check it's authenticity.

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