I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa.

I went back into the older stories and reworked them, because I became a better writer over the years and could spot flaws. I loved having another chance to make them stronger, and to bring them closer to me, made them less like a greatest hits compilation, and more like something written in the same extended burst.

I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.

Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer.

I tend to listen to my friends and family empathetically, and I try to help work through their problems from the inside. I try to adopt their thinking.

I'm suspicious of epiphanies, because they so rarely last.

Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut.