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Goodreads asked Jen Allen:

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

Jen Allen This is for Visions of You: It's kinda cheesy, but I was listening to Michelle Branch's "new" album (this was 2001, by the way) and her song "Everything to Me" had just played. There are a few lines in it that kind of sparked my thought process, notably "when I close my eyes it's you I see." I remember I had just parked my car and went walking into a Target with that song in my head and I suddenly went on this mental tangent: What if she's talking about a guy in her dreams? Wouldn't that be kinda nuts/fun if you dreamt about a guy and he came to life? Wouldn't it be GREAT if that dream stud you thought you made up actually existed? What would that be like?

And then it just kinda went from there. Fast-forward almost 20 years (GAH!) and here we are.

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