What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Never Not Yes?
I had become disillusioned by the quality and character of our culture and foresaw catastrophic events if we could not find a way to cooperate.
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of The Never Not Yes, what would they be?
99 Red Balloons.
What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I have written in many different genres. I like a challenge, so I typically try a new genre for each book.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
The Iliad and Melville’s Omoo.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
This was not a fun book to write. I was more compelled to write it.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
My only quirk is intense adherence to daily discipline. I write for 3-4 hours each morning and edit those words in the afternoon. I can write roughly 1,000 words per day doing that.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
“But oppositions have the illimitable range of objections at command, which need never stop short at the boundary of knowledge, but can draw forever on the vasts of ignorance.” Mary Ann Evans
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
Tribalism and vilification of your countrymen are a recipe for collapse.
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