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You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.

I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies.

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I'm enjoying it.

One of the awesome things about being a writer is that I can research nearly anything - tea? Bubblegum? Ants? Neurology? Chocolate? Textile production? It doesn't matter. It's all productive work.

Ideally, I'd love to write poems that intrigued humans across the board: literary folk and academics as well as... dog-walkers, doctors, plumbers, chefs, math professors, jugglers, etc.

I see myself as writing biographies, the complete story of someone's life.

I wrote and illustrated a science experiment book called 'The Mad Professor'.

I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.