Our ability to factory farm animals is coldly psychopathic.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

I think we learn slowly as a group, but we learn. The ozone layer is still there.

The States has more publishers and a wider range of aesthetics but so much more competition - the amount of writers vying for the same spot as you is staggering. I think they're different challenges, but equally frustrating when you're trying to get your foot in the door.

Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.

I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's characters are really female because the writer is a woman. I've learned to let that go.

Writing about your community is difficult for any writer.