Goodreads asked Gloria Zachgo:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Gloria Zachgo I developed The Rocking Horse from a short story I wrote in my writing group. The story was originally inspired by a prompt someone brought to the class – a little toy rocking horse and a gingerbread man. But it wasn’t until I took a writing workshop that I challenged myself to turn the story into a book. With the exception of the toy rocking horse and the aroma of gingerbread cookies, the original story was nothing like the novel.

The novel I’m currently working on started as a short story too. Its inspiration came from a small cemetery in a pasture. Though it was isolated on a country dirt road, it was certainly not forgotten and someone had taken great pains to keep it well groomed. I started wondering what those people’s lives had been like.

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