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Goodreads asked Nick Feldman:

How do you get inspired to write?

Nick Feldman Heartbreak's the best, but it's hard to bottle.

Failing that, it can be anything. "Asshole Yakuza Boyfriend" came mostly from really liking "Drunken Angle" and wanting to try and do a modernized version of the Toshiro Mifune character from that story in a less contained setting. "Hungover and Handcuffed" started as an attempt to break writer's block by pitting two characters I wasn't using in a duel to the death, but it ended up launching my most successful franchise.

Poverty's a pretty strong muse, too.

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