I've always loved the craft of making books. Going from handwriting chapbooks to self-publishing just seemed like the natural way to go. I love the creative control it allows.

All the completely ridiculous ideas that pop into my head when I'm trying to come up with good rhymes, synonyms, metaphors, etc. It can get pretty absurd sometimes the things that will occur to me. It's fun!

My fans are my hope for humanity! I really want to inspire people to explore their spiritual selves, because I believe that the world would be a better place if we all showed a little more compassion towards each other, but we have to start with compassion towards ourselves. In today's mainstream society, it's not easy to follow a spiritual path, but if my writing can help those who are seeking feel a little less alone, or a little less in the dark, then I have done my job.

I am a fan of J. Krishnamurti, Margaret Attwood, Robert Frost and Lily Allen.

Coffee. I think that goes for most writers!

I'm working on a course-pack readers can use to learn all about stones and crystals, and their use in healing.

I lead a very pleasant life that consists of dreaming, meditation, yoga, eating vegetarian food, channeling Reiki energy for people, giving Tarot card readings, and maintaining my blog. Sometimes I teach English. Sometimes I perform with my band.

Meandering the quiet hallways of Smashwords of course.

I'm pretty sure the first story I ever wrote was a book I made for my brother about playing soccer. I wrote, illustrated, and bound it myself with construction paper and yarn.

A lot of my poetry is channeled, but when it's not, my process is something like "live through an excruciatingly painful experience; process it for 2-3 years; keep it on the backburner as long as possible; abruptly drop everything I am currently doing to write poetry non-stop for weeks." That's usually about how it goes I'd say.

I grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, and I think it shows in the imagery in my poetry. I write about nature a lot, so the ocean, mountains, and trees of the pacific northwest are definitely in there.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember...I have diaries from when I was 9 years old with poems in them.

My latest book, Mineral Kingdom Speaks, was entirely channeled. The idea just came to me late one night, and I started writing. I was really surprised to read some of the poems the next day, because there were a few I didn't even remember writing.