Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.

It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

A migraine is the cockblock of writing.