There were some personal challenges going on but then, of course, the last book definitely posed some creative challenges as well – just the characters change a lot in the last book. So, a little bit of stress but I think that's just to be expected in this sort of a process. There were certain challenges involved with writing it that made it take longer than I would have liked and, of course, you want to do a good job on the final book of a series so there was a little bit of pressure there as well. I wanted the book done sooner than it was. Keith - Did you feel stressed as people were asking when the final part of the book was going to be ready?Ī little bit. So I think the biggest difference is the touring and the publicity and I do enjoy that part. On the other hand, every now and then Random House will kick me out of the door and send me out to stand in front of thousands of people and talk and sign books and meet with the fans and that's always fun but, again, it's quite a change from sitting at home and writing. I spend a lot of my time writing but I still get to do what I want, where I live, for the most part, and that's nice. Over the years that's changed, of course, and I've gotten to do some neat stuff because of the series but from day to day the series hasn't changed my life too much. It's hard to say what it's like to know that the book was famous, if you will, because I was never really exposed to that on a day-to-day basis for a long time because I was living in Montana and working at home and so I knew the book was popular but I wasn't really seeing that for the most part where I live. I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for. I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.

Keith - How did it feel to be such a famous author at such a young age?

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