~How often do you get writer’s block?
Block? Not really, though I get lots of too-busy-lack-of-motivation. I COULD write, just don't feel like it.

~How do you fix it?
Find something inspiring, or just let some time pass. Things work in phases for me, and what goes around, comes back around eventually.

~Do you type or write by hand?
Type. I do have a longhand journal, but it only gets updated once in a blue moon.

~Do you save everything you write?
Generally, that's what data storage devices are for! I have all the electronic originals on my thumb drive, and a backup at home on my data HD.

~Do you ever go back to an old idea long after you abandoned it?
Ideas don't get abandoned, just delayed. It's semantic hair-splitting, but semantics is what writing is all about.

~Do you have a constructive critic?
Opal is usually my first victim. My main concern, generally, is that I got the female characters "right," which is where she can help me the most.

~Did you ever write a novel?
Not yet, though Marian's Road has the potential to become that long. I've got quite a few unfinished chapters for that story in the planning stages.

~What genre would you love to write but haven’t?
Dunno, maybe historical fiction? There are time periods that interest me, but I don't really know enough about the history to do a credible job. Making up stuff is a lot easier on the fact-checking.

~What’s one genre you have never written, and probably never will?
Preachy, pretentious avant-garde fiction. I HATE the "this is art, and if it doesn't make any sense, you're just a neanderthal for not appreciating its merits" attitude in any form of the arts. If it doesn't make sense, the author didn't do their JOB right.

~How many writing projects are you working on right now?
Too many! Three or four, in a reasonably active state.

~Do you write for a living? Do you want to?
In a sense, since I do manuals and documentation (as well as tech support, PC repair, and a couple dozen other things) for money.

~Have you ever written something for a magazine or newspaper?
I've been published a couple of times, but not in the "real" sense. High School literary magazines and contributor-based fan mags don't really count as "published."

~Have you ever won an award for your writing?
Not yet, but it may happen eventually.

~What are your five favorite words?
Kumquat, loquacious, verdant, obfuscating, burgeoning - at least that I can think of ATM.

~Do you ever write based on your dreams?
Rarely to never, because my dreams rarely follow me back into the waking world. It must be top-secret stuff.

~Do you favor happy endings, sad endings, or cliff-hangers?
Nominally happy. Syrupy happy makes me ill, as do pointlessly sad and "buy my next work to find out" cliffhangers.

~Have you ever written based on an artwork you’ve seen?
Yes, more than once. The unfinished scrap "Hunger" was created in response to one of the late, great Stellos' sketches.