My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story.

I've left the Church - for many reasons that I've written about publicly - but it's still a large part of my identity, and I still have my faith, if not my Church.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Our love is our burden.

Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.

Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important ones are.

I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.