That sort of effort has to come not only from the writer but also from a really innovative publisher like Quirk.

I'm working on a poetry collection for Papaveria Press . It fills me with trepidation - poetry is something I'm much more self-conscious about than prose.

Believe in the importance of your art.

Sometimes you have to follow your uncommon sense.

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.

My uncommon sense told me to write this book [Turn and blossom], even though I was in the middle of making final revisions to my dissertation! Common sense would have said, finish the dissertation and get a good, solid academic position. But instead, I got to do something that no one else has done, because I don't think anyone has written a book quite like this one. And look at how beautiful it is!

That sort of effort has to come not only from the writer but also from a really innovative publisher like Quirk.