Goodreads asked David Harris Lang:

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

David Harris Lang The ideas for my books come from concepts I run into in life that fascinate me. When one of life's oddities captures my attention I see if I can work it into a story. For example, with the book that I am currently writing I became fascinated by Irish Travelers and how they insult each other on YouTube and then have bareknuckle fights to settle the score. I started to weave a story around a bareknuckle fighter who is found dead in a museum in Hong Kong.

With my just published 'A Devil In Hong Kong' I sat down to write a sequel to the 'Witch of Wanchai' but suddenly found myself writing about computer gamers in California. I went with it, and eventually wove the gamers into a story about a missing jade burial suit from the Han Dynasty.

I keep a list of things that interest me that I feel have story potential.

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