Goodreads asked Lisette Kristensen:

How do you get inspired to write?

Lisette Kristensen The first is my genre itself. Erotica/BDSM by itself is inspirational in the wide range of stories I can dive into. It is one of the few genres where you can write a mystery, paranormal, romance (regardless of time period) or fantasy and have erotica as the foundation. It also opens the door to choices. I can make the erotica the main thread or as a backdrop to the mystery or paranormal adventure. My inspiration isn’t pigeon hold, I can go anywhere with it.
Second piece of inspiration is in the books I read. It doesn’t matter the genre, in reading other author’s and seeing their magic come alive, fuels my own desire to create a story. It could be any element, wordsmith, characterization, the story telling that sparks that inspiration to write.
Lastly, the readers. When I finished my short story, Unveiling Façade, I looked at it as a stand alone. Done. Then the reviews on Amazon popped up, and several implied there would be more. Shortly after that I got emails about a sequel. Up to then I hadn’t given it a thought. I had moved on to other ideas but the more I listened to the readers, I got inspired to continue the story.

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