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Goodreads asked Darren Scanlon:

How do you get inspired to write?

Darren Scanlon May things inspire me. My poetry, especially, is inspired by daily events in my life, (songs, books, sights, sounds, smells...the list is endless), along with the state of the world and politics.

My comedy novel, "Hey Up, Matron!" was inspired by my own real life experiences in hospitals over the last decade.

I also love exploring the inner child that we all have within us somewhere. I love writing little comical and some would rightly say, childish poems. I have, amongst others, a series of ballads about different animals called "The Ballad Of The Bald Hedgehog" or "...The Frightened Eagle" etc. These are always fun to work on.

Inspiration can come from literally anywhere/

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