I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.

Finding one's voice - or creating a narrative voice that has the power to carry your story - is the hardest part.

I don't think there are actually any theologians practicing angelology or studying angels anymore, but it's definitely in a lot of religious literature. It's still out there, and people are still interested. Even in the more secular way, books about angels are everywhere.

But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies.

I always knew I wanted to write really imaginative fiction - fiction that was very different from my real life.

If I'm not writing, I'm not fully living. It has become the essential element that defines who I am.

I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.