Q: What sources do you use to find out what people ate? A: Research. I look for receipts, journals,...
Q: What is your writer kryptonite? A: Bizarre, but true, facts are my kryptonite. When I am doing research,...
Q: Why is it important for writers to be avid readers? A: To become better writers. Here are two...
Q: How did you start writing short stories? A: As a challenge to myself. And partially an accident. I...
Q: Why are you writing short stories? You’re a novelist! A: I write short stories for two main reasons. 1. Finding...
Q: How do you make primary sources or well-known stories new and relevant? A: There are myriad ways to modernize...
Q: Are you a PANTSTER or a PLOTTER? A: For those of you unfamiliar with these terms, writers identifying...
Q: What do you hope readers take away from your work? Enjoyment, first and foremost. At the end of...
Q: Have your pets ever gotten in the way of your writing? You mean like this? (See above pic)...
Q: Why Shakespeare? (Yep—this is the question. In its entirety.) Why not Shakespeare? (My middle school self would be...