Goodreads asked Elizabeth M. Lykins:

How do you get inspired to write?

Elizabeth M. Lykins Firstly, it must be understood that inspiration can only come from within. Seeking inspiration by thinking does not really help with that process. I am inspired by being very still and not thinking. Listening to the rhythmic waves at the ocean shore, listening to a babbling brook, watching birds in the trees.... these get me out of my head and allow me to listen to my inner wisdom rising up. When I do this, words flow from within me, and are more powerful that what I could have come up with from the memory bank of my thoughts.

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