Since I tend to write chronologically, the middle is always the place where the process is most taxing.

In medieval Europe, childbirth was a leading cause of death. So widowed fathers with children were quite common, meaning stepmothers were equally common.

Since I tend to write chronologically, the middle is always the place where the process is most taxing.

I can't say I'm anything like a devoted animal rights activist, but I certainly oppose cruelty to animals.

I believe actual violence scars children much more than violence in storybooks.

People of different ethnicities are definitely not of differing species. Biologically speaking, people are people.

I'd hasten to say that the prejudice in Dust City isn't completely analogous to racism in the real world.