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Goodreads asked C.M. Arnold:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

C.M. Arnold My mom…as weird as that is. In 2014 I had this wild idea that I was going to become a screenwriter (in Indiana with zero connections) and started entering a bunch of contests. It was a contest for ABC I believe that asked for an original pilot spec. I asked my mom what she’d like to see a TV show about. I can’t remember what term she used—gigolos, male hookers, escorts—but yeah. Something about that suggestion clicked because petty soon I had an entire series envisioned in my mind. In 2015 I took those ideas and started to write them in book form. I’ve also always been a little enamored with Heidi Fleiss. I didn’t base Maggie off of Heidi, but Heidi did start my fascination with madams.

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