Goodreads asked Delilah Marvelle:

How do you get inspired to write?

Delilah Marvelle Life is my inspiration. I've been through a lot in my life. Most people don't realize that many of the things I write about are an extension of not only myself but experiences that have had a profound impact on me. For example, in my book PRELUDE TO A SCANDAL, there is a scene in which Justine witnesses a friend being beaten and in trying to protect her, gets beaten herself. Justine is me. I went through that experience of witnessing someone I love getting brutally beaten and in turn getting beaten myself. I had to dig it out of myself in order to let it go. So many of my stories have large pieces of me buried in them and what may seem outrageous to others makes me realize that yes, my life *is* outrageous. But I'm blessed to have found the love of my life and that is exactly why I write what I do: romance. Because romance changed the way I not only look at life but how I live it.

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