Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions.

Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed.

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part.

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

Reckon it's best if you don't have anyone you care about

TRUST ADJUSTAn act that changes perception can elevate or lower integrity

The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody, ' and frankly, I don't have the least ambition to become anybody.

I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.

There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.

All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.

Islam does not preach hatred and violence and destruction.

I try to get enough sleep and exercise, try not to make mountains out of molehills, and vent a lot. I have a good team to support my work. I also do lots of mundane things, which will center me.

How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way.

Water flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life.