The important moments of our lives are seldom given names. We name the meaningless times, and we ignore the important ones. They arrive with no fanfare, and they slip away unnoticed, and in those quiet spans between their comings and their goings, we make the tiny decisions that shape our lives. Decisions about what to pick up and what to put down, what to cling to and what to let slip. Which bridges to cross, and which ones to let the monsters chase us from. Whether to trust our minds or our fingertips.
I am an author living and working in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. My wife and I have been married for nearly thirty years, and we have six children.
To get "the question" out of the way, I will answer it now: I get the ideas out of my head. The real question isn't where writers get ideas, it's what non-writers do with all of theirs.