I have two obsessive compulsive disorders. One is reading and the other is writing, otherwise I'm perfectly normal. I am a bit vintage but that does come with time. I've knocked around a bit and picked up a few bumps and bruises but I'm headstrong and sometimes God has to remind me that I'm not in charge.

As a writer my characters always come first in the process.  They grow and become more and more fleshed out and real and then begin to interact with one another and that is the stuff of the story. Sometimes I think that I'm just there to take it all down like a court reporter so they can speak to each other, live their lives, enjoying their friends, family and lovers.  They are much like Geppetto's carving who wants so desperately to be a real little boy.