Goodreads asked Ruth Holroyd:

How do you get inspired to write?

Ruth Holroyd That a tough question, and it's a different answer for blogs and books. I blog when things inspire me, annoy me, confuse me or if I learn something I think will help others. I often have to down tools and write down a note or reminder of a blog I want to write and have to admit to having some 70 odd in draft form, but all sorts of things spark that blog forming in my mind. For a book it's a longer, more thoughtful process. It grows, like a seed and slowly starts to take over more of my mind until I have to start writing it. My first book was an opportunity I couldn't turn down, being asked to write it by my publishers. My second book, coming soon, has been in the making for many years and is a collection of weird and wonderful poems about eczema. What I'd love to write would be a detective thriller, a novel, as I also love reading these kinds of books. I have two ideas brewing but no time to write them at the moment. Watch this space. But the inspiration for the books come from personal experiences and what ifs...

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