I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

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

As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.

I'm told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively.

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

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.