Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.
I like writing historical fiction.
I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.
I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.
I've always been drawn to historical fiction.
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans.
I'm always interested in contemporary fiction.
One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on lives that are completely other than your own.
As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.
I just love historical fiction.