Goodreads asked Dallas Dunlap:

How do you get inspired to write?

Dallas Dunlap To tell you the truth, I don't get "inspired." Whenever I sleep or rest, a number of characters and situations enter my mind. Some of them are quite real to me and I follow their lives for years. I've known Donna Parker, the protagonist in 4 of my books - along with her circle of friends - for over a decade - for example.
I still follow her life and check in on her from time to time.
Nikki Chalmers, the protagonist in the "Story of Nikki" series appeared one day and I had to write her story down. I wrote the whole series in about six weeks. But she lives on, and I've written down quite a bit of her post slavery story already.
Likewise, Denise Sager, the young woman at the center of my next series, just showed up one day. Her situation (as a 20 y/o death row inmate purchased as a sex slave by a Florida farmer in a post apocalyptic world in which most people and nearly all men are dead) interested me enough to start writing her story.
So, the answer is: I have a very rich fantasy life and, now that I'm retired, a lot of time to write.

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