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

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

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.

Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum.

When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.

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

Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.