Joseph Finder
Inspiration comes from different sources at different points in the process. When I'm just starting a book, thinking about the main character and the premise, inspiration really can come from anywhere: the news, conversations I overhear between strangers, magazine ads, other books I'm reading. When I'm in the midst of writing, inspiration may take more of a problem-solving mode: if x happens, what then? If y, then what? I will often find images in magazines or online that resonate with the story I'm writing — something that gives me an idea of what Nick Heller's DC loft looked like, or the resort in POWER PLAY, or the hideout in BURIED SECRETS. A writer's magic words are, "I can use this."
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