I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.

I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot.

Guns don’t kill people. The aliens behind the triggers do.