Goodreads asked Patricia K. McCarthy:

How do you get inspired to write?

Patricia K. McCarthy The act of writing itself fuels my inspiration. Regrettably I have to avoid reading fiction when in the process of writing a new fiction novel, otherwise I am influenced by the author's prose. But I make it a point of reading non-fiction, poetry, magazines, blogs and newspapers to satisfy that desire to keep on reading. Music is also a great form of inspiration. When I work on a new novel, I listen to Peter Gabriel's Soundtrack to the Last Temptation of Christ as well as Arvo Parot's Tabuleh Rasa.. both are ethereal and haunting pieces of music in their own right (the perfect mood music for writing urban paranormal and fantasy fiction).

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