It's Easy To Sound Good. All You

It's Easy To Sound Good. All You Do Is Leave In The Parts Where You Act Tough And Forget The Parts Where You Get Shoved Around.

My Family Was All Police And Hard Hats At The Refineries; They Didn't Know What To Think About Me. So I Became A Closet Writer.

I Have These Huge Black Foam Boards On The Wall, And Tacked To Them, I Have These White Punch Cards With My Story Ideas, Scenes And Notes.

I Love The Fact That You Collaborate With Your Readers When You Write A Book.

My Fiction Is Almost Always Inspired By A Character's Need Or Desire To Rise Above Him- Or Herself. No One Is Perfect And Some Of Us Have Much Adversity In Our Lives; It Is Those People Who Struggle To Rise Above Their Nature Or Background That I Find The Most Interesting And Heroic.