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.

Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.

I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.

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

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.

I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now.

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