Publishing requires a lot of persistence and a fair amount of luck.

Yet [Georgia O'Keeffe ] always stayed true to her vision, and was at times uncompromising in following the path she saw for herself.

I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me.

I lived in New Mexico until I was seventeen, and honestly I've been homesick ever since I left.

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at the time.

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!

I find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.