I Prefer A Cluttered Workspace.

I Write Across Genres So I See Them, More Often, As Complementary Instead Of Separated By Boundaries.

Genres Are Just Bottles For The Various Boats. The Boats Matter To Me.

Omission Is A Sin Only If, In The Process Of Deceiving, You Forget The Truth. Lying Is A Sin Only If, In The Process, The Lie Becomes The Only Truth.

I Wrote Before I Could Write. I Got My Hands On A Journal, Maybe A Hand-me-down; I Had Three Older Siblings. My First Entries Are In The Handwriting Of The Sister Closets In Age (5 Years My Senior). She Must Have Gotten Tired Of My Dictations Because She Gave Up And Then My Blocky Scrawl Shows Up. I Wrote Plays As A Kid Mostly.

I Always Think I Know The Way A Novel Will Go. I Write Maps On Oversized Art Pads Like The Kind I Carried Around In College When I Was Earnest About Drawing. I Need To Have Some Idea Of The Shape Of The Novel, Where Its Headed, So That I Can Proceed With Confidence. But The Truth Is My Characters Start Doing And Saying Things I Don't Expect.