Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.

It occurred to me that a food drive would be a natural way to talk to kids about hunger, which so many of them simply aren't aware of.

When we have financial struggles, kids are so much more aware of things than we want them to be.

I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.

I live in a high-rise apartment building, so I just have two cats. They're both pound kitties. One of them, Dick, is an evil, foot-biting cat. When I write a tiger morph, I'm always imagining Dick.

I grew up in an affluent suburban world and never worried about money until I'd grown up and found wonderfully original ways to screw up my life.