Many thanks to Jessica Standifird for running this interview at Blue Skirt Productions and for organizing the Blue Skirt reading at Glyph Cafe & Arts in Portland. 

BSP: Any advice to writers out there on how to jump those hurdles?

JR: The world owes you nothing, but it’s not out to get you either. You are your own worst enemy. The sooner you figure out the ways you sabotage your work, the better.