“Where do you get your ideas?”

It feels kind of strange to say, but after seven novels I guess you could call me a prolific author. The number one question that readers, friends, and family members ask me is where do all those ideas come from?

The answer I usually give is something along these lines:

I start with a very basic idea – inspiration drawn from my own life experiences, or a current event, or even something as small as the name of a street. (There’s one in my town called Moonlight Bay and it always makes me wonde...