Goodreads asked Karlyle Tomms:

How do you get inspired to write?

Karlyle Tomms For my blog posts, I write about something that touches me in some way or something that I think is important to society. It may not be the kind of thing you would see trending on Twitter, but it is something that strikes a chord with me.

For my books, the characters show up, often years before their turn, and they nag me to let them tell their story. I feel them. I hear them in my mind telling me bits and pieces of what is going to happen when they get to tell their story. They talk to me at different times and in different ways. They press me until it becomes their turn.

At the present time the next three stories in the "Soul Encounters" series are taking turns forming in my mind and the characters of all three stories are showing me images of what they want me to see. They are telling me what they want to say, as well as how and why they want to say it.

Rather than finding it difficult to be inspired to write, I find it much more challenging to find the time to write.

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