Goodreads asked Michael Lent:

How do you get inspired to write?

Michael Lent When asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I was one of those little kids who could never give the same answer twice. One week it was "professional baseball player," the next it was "doughnut maker." {I assumed that whoever made the doughnuts could both control the flavor and corner the world supply.] As an adult, I found that I love learning about the inner workings of what other people do with their lives much more than I enjoy doing the same thing for work or coming to the same office day-after-day. As a writer, no two projects are the same. I also have the propensity to get obsessed with, say, marine biology and then read everything out there for a period a few months. That inclination lends itself to writing. It's really the only practical use for someone who jumps around like I do.

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