I miss smoking (two to four packs a day) but I don't miss the crackle in my lungs when I breathed.
I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.
I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.
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.
I do get flak for the lack of romance in my stories.
In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues of personal dysfunction.