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Goodreads asked Ian Jackson:

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

Ian Jackson Ideas are difficult to pin down - I write a plan for a book, then write the first chapter or two and then abandon the plan to inspiration! My books develop from the characters that I create....I think about how that particular character might react to a particular circumstance and the idea snowballs...

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