Goodreads asked Jan Elder:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jan Elder I love getting together with other writers to bounce around ideas. And since I write contemporary novels, people watching garners an amazing amount of "what if" scenarios. What is that person thinking? Why is that woman so sad? What would it be like to do that kind of job? In the book I just finished, I got the idea of a robbery in a jewelry store because a similar event happened last year in my town, a scant two miles from my house. Real life is the best inspiration.

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