Q. How do you balance the fantastical worlds you create with the everyday discipline required to bring them to life?
A: For me, writing is both an escape and a calling. I love building other worlds—whether it’s a time-traveling hero on a quest for redemption or a dragon-guarded realm that reflects deeper truths about our own. But those stories don’t write themselves.
Balancing the creative and the practical is something I’m constantly working on. I’ve had days where I’d rather stay in the...