July Q&A session, day four!

The euphoniously named hnybrwnmxcn asks: What was the hardest obstacle to overcome while you were first trying to get published?

Myself. Both in acquiring the discipline to write, and in gaining the confidence to try.

Kameren asks: What inspired you to write the Evernight series?

I wanted to write about an unusual kind of high school, and at the time, a boarding school for vampires seemed unusual indeed. Of course, about ten other authors all had the same idea around the same time -- but happ...