Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?  
A. I’ve been writing fiction since the fall of 2004. I had a variety of jobs as a kid, everything from tying grapes to bagging shavings and bird seed for a pet supply store. In my teens, I worked in the kitchen at a nursing home, and graduated to weekend baker. Through university, I marked papers, supply taught at a Montessori School, and taught