I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that piano. How they dig, how long and how well, this all depends entirely on the character.

I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding.

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.

Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.

First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.

Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well.