Goodreads asked Simone M. Richards:

How do you get inspired to write?

Simone M. Richards My inspiration comes from life, really.

One short story came to me while commuting to/from work a few years ago. I watched an area of town change from a neighborhood to a commercial strip of car lots. I was fixated on a particular leftover front stoop and wondered what happens to the memories, to the souls, and the feelings that were once a part of a house when the house is no longer there.

Another story came to me when I was driving my minivan near a park and a goose jumped off the curb and, I thought, into the path of my van. I slammed on the breaks and braced for feathers flying in the air. There were none. I didn't hit the goose. I didn't see where it went, either. And I thought what if that goose was trying to kill himself and what would make him do that... and that began the premise for Purg-a-tory.

Usually something happens, I have a question about why or what and then a story comes to me. At least that's how it works so far.

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