Goodreads asked Penny Lam:

How do you get inspired to write?

Penny Lam Taking baths. I stole my daughter's bathtub crayons because of it. Something about hot baths just lights up my brain, I guess. Other people bathe to unwind-- I do it to get ideas! It'll start as a conversation snippet between characters, or a strong image, or just something like "what might happen if X happened to a woman? How would that change her life?"

Then I grab a crayon and start writing my notes on the wall, hashing them out a bit.

Most of these snippets come from friends I have on facebook, or news stories I read.

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