Goodreads asked Susan Buffum:

How do you get inspired to write?

Susan Buffum Some character will spring to life in my imagination wanting to tell me his or her story. Sometimes it will be a name that sets off the creative process, or it could be a description. I occasionally see an interesting face in an advertising flyer and a story will pop into my head- and that anonymous face becomes a three dimensional fictional character living in a place that also springs from the bottomless well in my imagination. Also, on rare occasions, I will overhear a little bit of conversation and that will kick-start the creative process. Finally, I might see a place, a house or other building that will inspire me. It is fictionalized in the story, of course.

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