If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who cares?

[Core concepts: Human beings all have souls. Souls are software objects. Software is not immortal.]

I write almost entlirely on Macs, because: Windows gives me hives.

In general, a little controversy isn't harmful: if anything, it gets people interested.

Writing your own story around the same ideas is not plagiarism; at worst, it's being unoriginal.

I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses.

I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s.