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.

I don't care whether I really exist or don't, whether I'm real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate.

You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself.

I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.

The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity.

Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.