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.

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

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book