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The Ongoing Quest to Find and Share Inspiration
I am constantly looking for it while simultaneously writing about it in my efforts to share it.
Probably the single biggest reason I love to write is that I love to inspire.
It doesn’t matter if this is fiction or non-fiction, I want to be inspirational to people. My primary goal is to get other people to think, imagine, wonder, and empower themselves.
The how of this works differently depending on the genre in question.
The inspiration of fiction
I love to create fantastical worlds that, until they reach the page or screen, exist solely inside my head. For me, this has mostly taken one of three forms — fantasy, science fiction, or Steampunk (which, in my case, is blended with both fantasy and sci-fi.)
It excites me to create a world like our own but different in any number of ways. Whether that’s having two moons, a different calendar, the ability to wield magic, or some other notion unlike that which we experience here.
When it comes to sci-fi I really like to create spaceships, weird and unique alien species and characters, numerous worlds vastly similar and different from this one, and other futuristic technologies. Yes, watching Star Wars when I was 5 years old totally set the tone, but…
