EXCERPT:

How does the current political climate influence your art or creative process?

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"It permeates everything I write whether I want it to or not. At times I attempt to tune down the political part of my mind because I can sense my work becoming didactic, and that’s not what readers want. Because of that I constantly remind myself to balance my politics with my love of characters, to make them real, fully fleshed, and not mere pawns. But in the back of my mind I often find myself asking: Why is this story important to tell right now? And I always make sure to have an answer."