A Goodreads user asked J.D. Kaplan:

What inspires you while you write? :)

J.D. Kaplan Music! My grandmother used to say that music was her religion and there's definitely something to that for me as well. It's not the lyrics but the emotions that music conjures that starts my creative process. The Scary Girls was born while I was listening to Veruca Salt, The Mars Volta and Nine Inch Nails. Waking Dreams came out of an odd mixture of Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead and Mahler's 1st Symphony.

My next book so far has been written entirely while listening to Zoë Keating and Brahms' Double Concerto. And perhaps a little The Pretty Reckless on the side.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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