Dialogue saves me. I love writing the conversations between my paper people. For some reason, that is the easiest thing for me. It's like I am a transcriptionist for the voices in my head. I can hear them talking (mentally) and have a gift for getting it on the page.

The editing process is a necessary evil. I can write until the cows come home but it is all garbage until it gets edited.

Setting can be something that is a major player in a scene, something that makes the mood leap from the page. But if an author doesn't handle it right, it falls flat or seems overdone. It is a challenge getting it "just right".

For me, setting and description is a challenge. I always want to get that part just right, and sometimes the words won't work.

The best part of being a pro is being able to travel around the world. I have met so many incredible people and experienced different cultures all through sport.

There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics.

Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don't work on me and I tune them out. It's better to just be honest.