Goodreads asked Jenai Auman:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jenai Auman In his book Wishful Thinking, Frederick Beuchner wrote that "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."

I write because I think it is the place where my deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet. I avoid using the word "calling," primarily because I think "calling" is a spiritual word used to hide self-serving desires. But I do believe each and every person is called to image God in their agency. In the beginning, humanity was called to tend the Garden and keep it. For me, writing is my way to tend the Garden and keep it. It is how I choose to practice resurrection.

So, in many ways, I don't wait for inspiration to strike in writing.
Writing is a part of living my life. Living my life includes writing.

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