Friends and people familiar with my work have sent me questions to answer about my books, my work process, my life as a writer, and about writing in general. You can follow the links below to the questions and their answers. Note also that the headings are now links so you can take a quick look at all the questions under a heading.
On Suite Harmonic
–Questions from Eileen Hunter, Jim Stinson, William Emmick, Paulette Bates Alden, and Pam Greer
On Time Stamp
–Questions from Marjorie Horwitz and Julia Hunter
On In the Land of the Dinosaur
–Question from David Douglas
On The Second Magician’s Tale
–Questions from Mary Byers and Kathleen Jesme
On Watching Oksana
–Question from Marion Lang
On Clare, Loving
–Question from Marianne Hermann
On Poetry
–Questions from Rob Schmitz and Dai Xiaohong
On All of the Work
–Questions from Elizabeth Sheinkman, Tom Champion, John Minczeski, and Jane Schraceo
On the Process of Writing
–Questions from Peter Hessler, Bernie Latham, Susan Thurin, Ann Hobbie, Bonnie West, Jesmia Avery, JaQuise Stewart, Diane Craig, and Alvin Greenberg
On Being a Writer
–Questions from Dana Gioia, Michael Given, Josh Marshall, Sigrid Nunez, Janet Holmes, Mildred James, Martha Douglas, Stuart Krahn, David Bartlett and Richard Solly
On Writing Historical Fiction
–Questions from Kate Klonick, Bradley Greenburg, Michael Moran, Rachel Murphy, and Susan Welsch
On Genre in Writing
Questions from Monika Zagar, Darshan Perusek, and Carole Flint
On Being an American Writer
–Questions from Geoffrey Metcalf and Donald Warfield
On Being a Woman Writer
–Questions from Mary Michaels, Marie-Françoise Theodore, and Birgitta Nybeck
On Writing in the Digital Age
–Questions from Greg Sargent, Al Fisher, and Rosemary James
On Writing and the Other Arts
–Questions from Jack Milroy, David Cost, Mary Coolidge Cost, and Patricia Zontelli
new On Editing
–Questions from Alexis Easley, et. al.
On Things Irish
–Questions from Adelaide Hogarty Butler and Paddy Sweeney
On the Interview
–Question from Kris Swenson