Wow, thanks! I honestly can’t say - I came up with the l idea over ten years ago, probably during one of my “think about something, anything, to avoid thinking about my unfinished graduate thesis” fugues. How did you derive the idea for this novel? The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is an amazingly original tale. But I think he got the tripartate nature of human consciousness spot-on, and I like his thoughts on dreams, too. Yeah, he was way off about a lot of stuff. Spiritually - in terms of motivating me to pursue writing as a career and to improve my craft - Octavia Butler, my own personal grandmaster. Artistically speaking I most admire Storm Constantine, Tanith Lee, Stephen King, Yoshinaga Fumi (a Japanese manga author/artist), John Coltrane (jazz musician), and the Impressionists (visual art). I get ideas from a lot of sources, not all of them literary. Who/what would you consider to be your influences? Watch cheesy movies, including anime and badly-dubbed foreign films play video games (I would give a body part to write for Squeenix or Atlus) bike and hike, though I haven’t done much of the latter since moving to New York City unless you count subway stairs and rant against social injustice all over the blogosphere. When you aren’t writing, what do you like to do in your spare time? It’s been weird lately - a lot of my students didn’t realize I was a writer, so when I ran off to write books, they were a little unhappy with me! But many of them say they’re looking forward to reading the books. I’ve worked at a number of universities as an administrator and faculty member, and I’ve also done some volunteering with community service organizations and some private career coaching. I’m a counseling psychologist and educator, specializing in career counseling of late adolescents and young adults (though I’ve worked with other demographics). Prior to becoming a writer, what other professions did you have?
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