On one hand, my gender has never been an issue. The issue has always been what's on the page. But the reality is, an awful lot of women fought an awful lot of battles to get me to that place.

There are certain expectations placed on writers if other people have put a value on their gender. I'm aware of the hundreds of tiny differences that happen when people are seeing your gender before they see something else.

Violence in drama is an external contextualization of internal conflicts.

The range of my interests in science fiction - it really does run a gamut.

At the age of 12, I got free pieces of software in a box of cereal which allowed me to make music, like really early demos, and then I just never looked back.

With this CD technology, you can just remix a record right there on the spot.

We all know the Internet didn't explode until it became a commercial enterprise. Space communication will probably have the same characteristic.

Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn't reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution.