From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are.

When you are alone, you have all the time in the world to practice whistling like a bird. When there is no one in the world you can turn to, a horse or .even a lion may give you companionship. When you don't know if there is anyone in the world like you, you seek contact with something living however you can

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.

I had tears coming out of my eyes. And it was the characters that got me there.