Goodreads asked Chele Pedersen Smith:

How do you get inspired to write?

Chele Pedersen Smith Usually, it starts with real life. Sometimes it's something I've gone through, which is great therapy, like when I got fired from my first job at a fast food restaurant. I was eighteen and hurt because it was unwarranted, just a misconstrued view on the manager's part as I was helping an elderly man figure out the difference between ordering single pieces of fried chicken or a combo meal. The trauma found its way into a Sherri Whitman story, a series I've written since junior high,
Other times it's little happenings that make me suspicious and I imagine what if...
At Disney two years ago, maintenance staff suddenly had to swap out potted trees in each suite. I thought it was odd and would make a great plot. You'll find out what transpires with that in Behind Frenemy Lines...

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