I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time.

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun.

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to work with. I mean, a computer can't really generate a character that talks back and forth with you successfully.

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable condition, a state of affairs that used to alarm my wife. But Joan's got used to it.