"Do you have any motivation that keeps you writing?" – Asked by a former student.

My motivation isn’t external. I WANT to spend time with my characters. I WANT to find out what happens next. I write every day which can be tough with my schedule and all I’m involved with. If anything else, I spend time when I go to bed think about where the story “paused” in my head. I may not get a chance to write a lot (sometimes it can be just a few lines), but it’s progress. Every sentence is progress. Sometimes I’m writing frantically to get every word, action, nuance down and pages pour out. But often, it can be a paragraph or two at a time. But again, it’s progress. I love my characters and at the end of the day, if I’ve never thought of them and what they’re up to, I get very agitated and antsy. So,I guess part of my motivation is my own peace of mind and soul. I’m not writing for anyone else but me. If others like it then great (and I’m thrilled that people do). But I don’t do it to please others. It’s the wrong thing to do for anything.