Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.
Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.
Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.
I can write anywhere.
Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby?
I had let my digust with teaching ruin my love of literature.