I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom

Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes

I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.

My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly; the rest is subject to change without notice.

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage