Laura Morrigan | Stay Inspired

"How do you stay inspired?" I get this question a lot. Almost as much as I get asked, “Where do you get your ideas for a story?"

The questions are closely related. Story ideas are everywhere– on the news, from a snippet of conversation I overhear– you name it.

Inspiration is a little trickier– more abstract.

Sure, I might watch a YouTube video (hey- it’s research!!) about kangaroos that will inspire a scene, but true inspiration, the kind that keeps the fire going though out the entire novel is harder to grab– and hold– onto.

The truth is you can't wait for inspiration to strike, you have to sit down and, as the slogan goes, just do it.

Even writing badly is better than not writing at all.

That's not to say that there are never days of seemingly divine inspiration when the muse floats into my office on gossamer wings, alights onto my shoulder and begins whispering in my ear. It happens. Rarely.

One of my favorite Stephen King quotes is about inspiration. He says, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

Not always an easy pill to swallow, but I think it’s true.

Which means the answer to the question is I stay inspired by the thing I want to be inspired to do: write!

About HORSE OF A DIFFERENT KILLER

Animal behaviorist Grace Wilde’s psychic ability gives her insight into the minds of all kinds of creatures. If only humans were as easy to read…

Dead men may tell no tales, but they can screw up your life with a few phone calls. Grace’s abusive ex-brother- in-law, Anthony Ortega, needs her help—at least that’s what he said on the messages he left before his sudden death. Grace is inclined to let the matter rest in peace, but when her sister is named a suspect, Grace decides to get to the bottom of the cryptic calls.

Her only lead is Ortega’s fiancée, who believes that he had arranged to surprise her with the purchase of a Frisian gelding named Heart. The horse was being stabled at the R-n-R Ranch—but was taken in the middle of the night. Now, with her sister in trouble and a missing horse on her hands, Grace hopes the information harnessed from her psychic skills will be enough to rein in the killer…

About LAURA MORRIGAN

Spending the first years of her life on a Costa Rican coffee farm blessed Laura Morrigan with a fertile imagination and a love for all things wild. Later she became a volunteer at a local zoo, helping out with everything from “waste management” to teaching an elephant how to paint. Drawing from her years of experience with both wild and domestic animals and her passion for detective novels, Laura created the Call of the Wilde series.

She lives in Florida with her husband and far too many cats.