Goodreads asked M. Marie Walker:

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

M. Marie Walker Hontestly, I got the idea for My House, Book 1, which is my first published novella, from my sister. I was 17 years old at the time and we were talking about random stuff then all of a sudden she says, "Why don't you write a story about Mike, Marlon, Johnee and Jermaine." (characters that we made up a couple years before. Also, said characters I used in my first ever short stories at age 15) "Make it messy, but real." She said. That whole day, we brain stormed about scenarios, story plots, adding new character, etc. From there, the sotry fell into place, then 20+ years of tweaking, re-writing, and editing, My House was finally published. It's one of the reasons I gave acknlowedgement in my book to my sister. She's not only the one who gave me the idea, she's been my biggest fan from the very beginning.

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