A weekly interview series of San Francisco Bay Area authors, first published at SF Weekly from October 4, 2012 to January 28, 2016 and then for a few more years at Litseen.com.
If someone said I want to do what you do, what advice would you have for them?
I tell people to write every day – even when you don’t want to write. ESPECIALLY when you don’t feel like writing. Create a writing habit and you’ll find inspiration. Don’t wait for inspiration, seek it out.
What’s been most important to your writing: education, or the real world? Why?
The real world because it gives you something to write about. I used to wrestle dudes in Sasquatch suits while drunks threw food at us. If you can’t figure out a way to spin a tale out of that, then all the M.F.A. programs in the world ain’t gonna help you.
