Where do you find your ideas?

I don't find ideas. Ideas find me. I'll be walking along, just looking around, and BAM—an idea shows up, looking for attention. I always give ideas my attention, and a lot of times those ideas end up in my writing. ​

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Why do you write?

I write because the stories in my head are like persistent, adorable puppies that head-butt me if I ignore them. My goal is to create stories that engage, entertain, and deliver their message via harmonica, not sledgehammer. 

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What is your writing process?

My writing process is pure chaos. An idea finds me, I come up with a beginning and an ending, and then I just write random scenes until the story unfolds. I'm under no illusion that I'm in control at all, and I'm always surprised by what my characters do and say. I can't tell you how many times a character acts a fool and I yell "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" As if the character is the one doing the typing. Eventually I have enough scenes to write the connective tissue, and then I edit and revise until I want to go to sleep for six months. And then, much to my surprise, the book is done.

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Do you do school visits?

Not yet, but soon. Check back.