Goodreads asked Nick Wyckoff:

How do you get inspired to write?

Nick Wyckoff I've always been interested in science and technology from a young age. So I tend to get inspired to write a story about new things I've seen or have been exposed too. As an example, I attended a lecture by the program manager of a new probe heading to Jupiter in the near future. During the course of that Q&A, he talked about the engineering challenges related to dealing with the radiation environment around the planet. This conversation sparked an outline for a new book I am working on related to living on a moon near a gas giant.

Having that basic scientific information to structure the outline helps keep the story believable enough that the reader can focus on the plot, rather than the environment.

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