I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible.

Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people he introduces me to and the stories he brings home.

My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long.

I'm your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you've become one?

Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.