I’m so focused on trying to craft the story that I’m in my own little world with it and that process. The one reader I’m trying to please as I write is me, and I’m...

I do have a little bit more confidence in – or at least familiarity with – my process. For example, when it feels like it’s going badly or that I’m lost, I know I’ll eventually...

It’s like a Venn diagram of tragedy.

I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.

I don’t like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

Is it good, bad, or neutral to recognize thematic patterns in your own work? When it comes to recurring themes, I’m of the mind that knowledge is probably not power, at least in terms of...