Goodreads asked Nancy Peacock:

How do you get inspired to write?

Nancy Peacock Mostly I think the inspiration comes from not feeling too pushed about it. I hate deadlines because they take creative control out of my hands and put a date on it, a date that does not always allow me to back away from the work and then come forward, as I tend to do. I can't write well if all I am doing is coming toward it. I have to pull away and take walks, or cook, be quiet in some way. When I cleaned houses for a living I had the perfect balance between writing in the morning before going to work, and being alone but physical during the day. My subconscious did a lot of work while I cleaned someone other people's houses.

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