Goodreads asked Steve Copling:

How do you get inspired to write?

Steve Copling Like most writers, I'm an avid reader. I've had stories inside my head my entire life. My initial inspiration to write fiction came from my sister, who wanted to write a screenplay about a husband committing a perfect murder while killing his wife. She sent me the first few pages. I read them. In her story, if a man would have carried out her exact plot in real life, he would have been caught and jailed within about thirty minutes. With my extensive background in law enforcement, she asked me to write the first chapter where the husband could commit the murder without being caught. So I did. I enjoyed it. I wrote chapter two. And on it went. I was hooked and haven't really stopped writing since. I have many partially finished crime novels that I might finish one of these days, but only after the Sage Alexander series is completed (seven book series).

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