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Writing Across Genres Has Made Me More Prolific. When One Is Fighting Me Or Simply Not Cutting It, I Turn To Another.

I'm A Woman, But I've Been A Sexist, Too.

It's Not That I Bounce Ideas Off Of My Children As Much As It Is That Having Children Has Had A Profound Effect On The Way I See The World. They Have Mined My Soul. They've Made Me A Better Person And Therefore A More Empathetic Writer.

You Learn To Exploit Genre For The More Important Things - To My Mind - Like Story, Character, Image, Language.

I'm A Writer Of Faith. I Was Raised Catholic, And I Have A Deeply Catholic Imagination.