Goodreads asked Crispian Thurlborn:

How do you get inspired to write?

Crispian Thurlborn I have no special method. Small things inspire me. It really could be anything. A phrase, a toothache, a bad day, the label on a beer bottle. Anything. A friend of mine once gave me a miniature book (5cmx4cm) that she had made. It only had 10 pages in it and so I wrote a poem. I put stanza on each page and returned it to her. I'm not sure what happened to that little book, but you can find the poem on my website.

I suppose that if I had to pick something in particular that inspires me it would have to be music and photography. Music drives me when writing scenes. I often get ideas for stories based upon the music rather than the lyrics. I was digging someones drive last month whilst listening to rock/metal as I shovelled. I came up with a great idea for a story based upon a hard rock/heavy metal guitarist. I don't want to say much more just now, but it's something I'll come back to in the future.

I like lots of different music. I can quite happily listen to Beethoven or Mozart before switching to Iron Maiden or Guns N' Roses, then switch over again to Björk, The Cure, or Dead Can Dance, etc. Generally though I stick to a particular genre at any one time.

I also love photography and often take pictures of scenes, people, or objects than have stories waiting to be told. I use this when 'looking' for covers that then give me an idea for a story.

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