Goodreads asked James Walker:

How do you get inspired to write?

James Walker Mostly by other stories that I think are really cool. Funnily enough, I almost never get inspired to write by other novels. It's more often films or video games that put me in the mood to write a story. I like to take the fundamental essence out of my favorite stories (e.g., "This story has really cool futuristic war machines" or "I really like how the character dynamics play out in this story" or "I love the monsters in this fantasy setting"), put my own unique spin on it, and then evolve it into a whole new story loosely inspired by that "essence" of the original, as warped through the lens of my own personality and life experiences.

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