“I love the filk community. It's the single most welcoming part of fand...” — Seanan McGuire Quote

I love the filk community. It's the single most welcoming part of fandom that I've ever encountered, and filk saved my life a lot of times when I was a teenager.

One of the things I love best about Marvel is the 'What If?' factor; being able to just say, 'Today we're going to explore a world where Magneto and Emma never gave back the X-Men. Or a world where Mary Jane shares Peter's powers.' So being able to do that is just super exciting.

Most of my early work was done on typewriter. And the only way to iterate drafts was to re-type it.

I grew up in an apartment that would have made a trailer look really decadent and nice. Pretty much the only dependable thing I had was books.

I feel like I've known Hunter S. Thompson for most of my life. I first encountered him in 1981, when I was 12.

Since 9/11, some of the most violent terrorists we've encountered were radicalized or recruited at universities.

I feel honored to be an example for others. It makes it feel worthwhile to have overcome all the challenges I have encountered so I can help others to dream and also fulfill their dreams.

Unfortunately, sometimes the unexpected can be something that you wish you never encountered.

You create a proto-human being out of people that you've encountered in your life, and you start building up this person and start becoming this person.