Goodreads asked Al Rennie:

How do you get inspired to write?

Al Rennie I believe that if you are a writer, you write. If you have a story you want to tell, you write it. The really great thing about writing today, if your goal is to see you work on I-books or Barnes & Noble, is you can by-pass all the filters that used to stand in the way. Literary agents, traditional publishers all served a purpose for the truly gifted, and sent out a lot of rejection slips to the wannabees; I guess they still do. Smashwords allows you the opportunity to be a published writer earning a little money without those filters. How's that for inspiration?

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