I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be brave.

Hollywood is the model for publishing, more and more. Not just blockbusters either.

Nonfiction, for the most part, is facts, and it's "how I was mistreated. I was mistreated. Were you mistreated? Weren't we all mistreated?"

I'm an amateur, so I read what's interesting to me.

When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.