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Charles Hash My knee jerk reaction is Mickey and Mallory from Natural Born Instinct, but Sansa and Littlefinger from A Song of Ice and Fire are very dear to me as well.
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Charles Hash Baby steps. Nurture the ideas you do have. Step away if you have to, and move on to something else for awhile. Ask people for ideas. I struggled with it for years, and have no real answer for this, except to keep plugging away and don't give up.
Charles Hash Getting the clutter out of my mind.
Charles Hash Write, write, write. And then rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. And then write some more. Step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to become better. Write about things from outside your own point of view and experiences, and also make sure you research all the fine points of your writing.

Even when dealing with the impossible, it needs to be plausible.
Charles Hash Short stories and the 2nd novel in the series.
Charles Hash From my experiences, from history, from the things others create, from music. Inspiration is a tricky thing. When it strikes, jot it down or you may lose it forever.
Charles Hash Its was a collective of sources that inspired me, from the degradation of moral fiber within the characters on Breaking Bad, to the strength and resilience shown by Ripley in the first two Alien films. Also, I wanted to incorporate the expansive, gritty world that George RR Martin has displayed in his Song of Ice and Fire series within the confines of Science Fiction and Horror. Last but not least, was the lack of strong, female lead characters that do not need a man to save them, define them, or complete them.

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