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Goodreads asked Katherine Roberts:

How do you get inspired to write?

Katherine Roberts Reading a great book usually inspires me to greater efforts with my own writing. Also (strangely) does reading a book I am not enjoying very much - because then I feel inspired to write one I might have enjoyed more!

As for ideas for stories, they come from all over. I often find historical characters inspiring, even if I don't end up writing a purely historical story about them. For example, King Arthur is a great character from British history and legend, but I'd probably invent a daughter for him and write about her instead... see my Pendragon Legacy books for younger readers!

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