Authors Electric on Inspiration
Another in an occasional series, where our writers share their sources of inspiration. Dennis Hamley - visit website Only once can I put my hand on my heart and say I’ve been truly inspired to write with the sudden mysterious lightning flash we all long for. That was for Hare’s Choice , when a multitude of impressions suddenly came together to give me sight of an idea which is the nearest to truly original writing that I have ever achieved, owing nothing to any genre which I know of. It's a moment I can’t forget and don’t want to but something which is, I fear, fairly unlikely to happen again. But I can dream. I must be just about the only writer in the world who doesn’t keep a notebook handy. For me, inspiration, the getting of ideas, is usually quite a mundane affair. The lucky and unl...