Comic-Con: Tanemura Interview
Publishers Weekly held an interview at Comic-Con with shojo manga author Arina Tanemura, who's perhaps best known as the creator of "Full Moon wo Sagashite," one of NebsTV's earliest shows which is currently being released in America on DVD & graphic novels under their Shojo Beat title. Another famous manga of hers, "Gentlemen’s Alliance+," is also being released under Shojo Beat. In the interview she discusses how she creates her manga & what her influences are. You can check out what she has to say here:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6464498.html
EDIT: Anime News Network added their own interview with her here:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2007-08-05/arina-tanemura