What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
The greatest joy comes after fans have read what I've written. It's the reactions I get in the emails and messages I receive, and even in their eyes when I they come up to me in person. To know the stories I've written have moved others in even the smallest of ways is the most humbling and gratifying of experiences.
What do your fans mean to you?
My fans are the one ones who keep me alive. Their fidelity to me at the bookstore not only makes it possible for me to keep writing, they are the only ones who appreciate and find meaning in the oddities that pop from my head to the page.
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