Goodreads
Goodreads asked Luis Samways:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Luis Samways God knows! I wish I knew, so then I would always know where to look! Most of my ideas just come to me out of the blue. One minute I'm spacing out, the next I'm seeing flashes of a story in my head. The title is usually the first thing that comes to me. The rest usually falls into place after that. But the whole ideas process is still a mystery to me. All I know is that I'm very lucky to have so many many of them.

I have three or four idea books at home, crammed with plot ideas and outlines. Only two of my twenty-something books I've released so far have come from those books. The rest of them were impulse ideas. Ideas I didn't write down.

More Answered Questions

About Goodreads Q&A

Ask and answer questions about books!

You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.

See Featured Authors Answering Questions

Learn more