Growing up, my favorite books were usually fantasy, horror, political, or mystery. I loved anything that made me ask questions about what this human experience means. Authors that had a profound influence on my writing included George Orwell, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Aldous Huxley, and Anne Rice.
My personal motivations for writing vary from work to work. My motivations for writing "2036" were the profound distress I found myself in as I read blog after compassionateless blog during the amazing political season of 2008. What kind of country d more...
