Goodreads asked Robert Egby:

How do you get inspired to write?

Robert Egby With me the idea just comes and I mull it over while walking, meditating, or just hanging out someplace. When you have an idea simply let it roll over in your mind. Let the characters develop. They do take lives of their own. With "The Guardians of Stavka" the idea came from a report that the Czar exported tons of gold to foreign banks. One gold train was caught on its way to Vladivostok. From that emerged three youngsters playing in the town of Gori, Georgia. One is the hero, the other the cop (CHEKA/KGB) and the third -- a kid known as Soso, or Little Joe who eventually changed his name to Joseph Stalin. Get to know your subject. Research until you know everything about Russia then place the gold in a remote fiord of Canada. It helps the inspiration faculty if one writes a synopsis, then re-write the synopsis, etc. Characters and plot develop the more you focus on the story. Inspiration? Just practice and let it flow. Meditate and practice imagery.

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