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Goodreads asked Alison Brodie:

How do you get inspired to write?

Alison Brodie The story and characters just come to me. I am unable to sit down and say to myself, today I will write about zoo-keeping or mountain-climbing. I just have to wait for a story to come to me, usually when I am ironing or walking the dog! I think most of the time, the seeds for an idea are planted in my brain without me knowing it, and then suddenly it flowers and I have to get it down on paper - fast!

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