Goodreads asked John Pappas:

How do you get inspired to write?

John Pappas I'll answer that first with a Bukowski quote: "You don't chose writing, it chooses you." I have many interests and on any given day any of them might inspire me. When I decided to write When Wolf Comes the story wasn't going to focus on native culture, it was about adventure on the NW Coast, the last semi-pristine coastline in the U.S. It was because I love wilderness and knew the area. But the more I researched the more fascinated I became with the people that lived there 200 years ago. It went on and on until I had to find every little scrap of historical information that had been recorded about the region. It took time, but I wanted to get it right.
Inspiration is always there, you just have to get enthused and direct it.

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