Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.