Goodreads asked Bruce Burns:

How do you get inspired to write?

Bruce Burns I am really a relationships sort of guy.

Stephen King talks about an Ideal Reader, the one person that we tell the story to in our hearts. I have to agree wholeheartedly.

I write to share my stories first and foremost with my close friends. For me this is so important that I literally have three books or so that have stopped halfway through because the person I was telling the story passed out of my life for one reason or another.

Then there is my naturally contrary nature. I'm unapologetically agonistic. Things that happen about my real-world passions or experiences guide me to the points I want to make, the ideas that make the effort worthwhile so that I can share with others.

That's one reason why my books always dance in and out of controversy. I hated the idea that sexual victimization of guys is just fine, a-la the rape of Arthur in Arthurian mythology, so it became a theme in the Song of Lagrandil, how it does matter, what are some ways men become survivors, and how faith can interact with it. The anti-homosexuals bigotry in the church and the anti-Christianity hatred in the homosexual movement show up a lot in my new semi-steampunk series. It doesn't form the core of my stories, but it definitely fills my world with side-dishes. I'm really enjoying the interplay between a secular humanist starship captain and devoutly religious knight-heroes in the St. Gavin's Ghost series.

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