I get a lot of questions from readers, and I'll share some of them regularly.

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Where do you get your ideas?

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I don’t have the slightest idea, pun intended.

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It’s this odd confluence of memories, imagination, and observation that just happens. For me, ideas pop into my head when I’m driving and listening to music, or reading, or watching a TV show or movie. There’s something—a word, a sentence, a look one character gives another, some little thing that happened- which clicks something in my brain and the ideas start to flow. For example, I was in Washington, D.C., once and was walking on K Street behind a well-dressed man and woman. They each had a briefcase in one hand. And she had her free arm through his. They stopped at a street corner. She took her arm away, stood on her toes, and kissed him goodbye. He said that he would call her later. They both said I love you. He crossed the street, and she went into an office building. I’ve used pieces of that in various stories.

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How long have you been writing, and what first inspired you to start?

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I’ve been writing since I was a kid, probably nine or ten years old, just little stories that popped into my head. My inspiration came from two places—my love of reading and my grandfather. I read every day. I could read better than any other kid even at an early age, so my kindergarten teacher had me read stories to the class. My grandfather was a master storyteller, weaving everyday things from stories of his life to things that happened to my great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents. 

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