giulia asked Gena Showalter:

How did you get into writing? How did you get yourself published? Also, where do you find inspiration for your books? Thank you!

Gena Showalter I started writing my own stories in jr. high and high school, but it was hard so I stopped. Then I got married, had kids and dropped out of school 3 times because I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Reading and writing was what I loved, so I thought why not, I'll give it a shot. I fell even more in love with the process and researched how to get an agent. Took me 2-3 years to get an agent and 2 years after that to get published. I just had to hang on for the ride :)

I’ve been inspired in different ways for different books. Dreams, conversations, even had a book idea hit me after listening to a church sermon. Alice in Zombieland came about from passages of scripture: (paraphrasing) our battle is not against flesh and blood but against evil spirits.

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