Moyosore Akinola
Moyosore Akinola asked Tosca Lee:

Tosca, I love The Progeny. I so hate you (not really :) ) for ending the book like that. It broke my mind. Anyway, I want to ask if you can tell me where you get inspiration from? Sometimes I want to write but I can't think about anything to write about. Can you help please?

Tosca Lee Hi, Moyosore! Sorry about the broken mind (muhaha :D). The sequel, FIRSTBORN, comes out in February! For your question, I get ideas by paying attention to things that interest me--whether in the news, from history, stuff I hear from others, and from readers (it was a reader who asked me to do a story on Elizabeth Bathory. :) Try keeping a notebook or folder of little snippets of thoughts, articles, or topics that fascinate you, and look for common threads in the books you gravitate toward. Good luck!

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