When I approach a book project, it's usually because I've accumulated enough of a particular non-book genre that it needs to go into a book. Sometimes that's a book of poetry, sometimes it's a veteran's self-help book, and just occasionally, it's an alternate history for some of my ancestors. What's clear to me is that my prose if often the closest my writing gets to being a conversation with me. If that's what you're interested in, welcome.