Goodreads asked L.D. Taylor:

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

L.D. Taylor I get ideas for different elements of the story from different sources. For the mystery storyline I am inspired by the works of the "Queens of Crime Literature" (Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham). Working with the local police force (as a university researcher) for several months also helped me to write the "crime investigation" side of this story realistically (in the original Motive Games story, I leaned on my brother who is a sergeant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
For the 'moral dilemmas', particularly around gaming, I get ideas from various researchers on the subjects I'm tackling (in this case, Dr William Struthers and Michael J Cusick).
As for my characters, my children and their friends give me an endless supply of ideas there.

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