Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in the Atlanta area. Because of this, many of my characters have some amount of Southern in them by the way they talk and act.
Describe your desk
My desk is an absolute mess! I read somewhere that Einstein once said that that was a sign of brilliance. I hope so. I have papers strewn about in every manner of disarray, and little notes about this and that included in that unstacked mishmash of a mess because I'm known to forget things. As I look for one particular item, I have to dig for it, but I know it's there. As I dig, I feel like I'm going on an archeological expedition. I knew there was wood down here somewhere!
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