Goodreads asked Christopher Stookey:

How do you get inspired to write?

Christopher Stookey I've always been compelled to write. Since I was a kid, I've kept journals and written stories. It's an inspiration that comes from somewhere deep within--I think it's in my genes.

I'm also inspired to write when I think there's a story that needs to be told: a social injustice that needs some light, an emotion I want to work out, a feeling of empathy I want to share.

And I'm inspired by the great books I read. There are so many times I've said to myself, "I wish I'd written that." Then I set out, the best I can, to emulate in my own feeble way the writers who have dazzled me.

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