Where They Get Their Ideas

The question, “where do you get your ideas from?” has long since passed into legend in writing communities, such that it is hard to avoid giggling when some poor fan asks it at a reading. But writers do sometimes get their inspiration in interesting places. And sometimes real life has a habit of imitating art. Over at Tropic Temper, Glenda Larke talks about a news story from Argentina that is scarily like one of her recent books.