Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics.

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.

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.

If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be hurt sometimes, but if you don't, you'll never be happy. The one you find may not be the kind of woman you expected to fall in love with, but it wont matter, you'll love her for exactly what she is.