No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

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.

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

I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books.

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

Illness and accidents were mysterious manifestations of the war of the spirits, fought on the battleground of the body.

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.