Condemned and executioner with aren't coupled in a primitive rite.

Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.

It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock and strike frost.

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons.

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?