Goodreads asked Jerry Kirkpatrick:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jerry Kirkpatrick You have to go with what grabs you, that is, follow your emotions. What comes to mind, for whatever reason, that you would like to write about? Then, follow that up with a good dose of reality: Can I do it? Am I capable of writing on this topic? What would I have to do to be able to do so?

For my monthly blog (which is 700-1100 words or so), some ideas will start coming to me toward the end of the month. (Sometimes I write them down, but I'm not always good at that.) Of course, I panic on the first day of the new month, "what am I going to write??" When I get serious, I have to start doing research (usually on the internet, though sometimes the blog is based on a book I have read). Often the finished product is quite different from what I had initially imagined. This also applies to my books.

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