Goodreads asked Michael McGovern:

How do you get inspired to write?

Michael McGovern I always carry two pens with me. It's an OCD habit of mine. I developed this habit before I ever wrote my first word. As a child I would look at my action figures and find them too rigid, their features too defined. I would play with pens instead. When I hold one pen out in front of me, I visualise it as someone's arm. If I can picture their arm, then I can picture the rest of their body. The second pen is a second person with a second arm and a second body. With two characters held out in front of me, I can imagine the world around them. From there I slip into a trance and let the process take me. It always starts with two pens.

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