The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.
Imagine how you’d feel if your whole life turned into a job you couldn’t stand.
Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive - or praising you after you ain’t.
You love me. You ignore me. You save my life, then you cook my mother into soap.
My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.