Goodreads asked Paul J. Fleming:

How do you get inspired to write?

Paul J. Fleming I've always written little stories, or parts of them anyway. I used to scribble adventure ideas out for roleplay games in which I tortured groups of players to twisted plots and maniacal foes..... I also thought up mini stories to help my daughter to sleep at night, sitting on her bed creating this magical world of princesses and castles, dragons and magical adventure. Only short little tales, on the fly but I quite enjoyed them too!!!

A couple of years ago, I made a determined decision to actually put one of my stories into print, and began upon my quest but sadly my mum (who had always told me I should write them down!) passed away, and I became a bit disgruntled with the world as a whole.
Then I found that these little worlds I had inside my head were perfect escapes, and that by writing them down I was more absorbed and distracted in the process of creating them and it acted in part as a type of therapy to deal with the grief.

Those initial stories I wrote are saved, stashed away and may see the light of day in the future, but for now I'm quite happy in my little sci fi bubble! :-)

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