Got chocolate? Also, from where did your interest in places and stories like those that involve the American wild west come?

Lisa Henry There is currently no chocolate in my house. *twitch*

I was actually really nervous about writing something set in the American west, because it's so iconic. I think the West is unique in that it was legendary even in its own day -- at the same time as people were out there being cowboys and whatnot, Wild West shows were touring cities, and people were buying millions of cowboy dime novels.

I don't know that I had a particular interest in the west. I can remember being forced to watch Clint Eastwood movies when I was a kid. ("But I'm booooored!") I don't think we even played Cowboys and Indians -- we played Star Wars, thanks very much. To be honest, I found most westerns hackneyed and dull, until Deadwood came out. Now that was a show that showed the west how it really was -- dirty and dangerous and gritty. Which I loved!

I think place is very important. Sometimes it's a character of its own. Certain stories, like Sweetwater, really couldn't be set anywhere else, or at any other time. My other place-centric stuff would be He is Worthy, and Dark Space.

But I'm interested in any stories. All stories. That's why I can't limit myself to contemporary, or historical, or sci-fi. I'll write anything that catches my attention, basically.

(Also, thank you for asking me my first question! It says you asked 6 days ago, but I only found it today!)

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