Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself.

I know you've all heard the advice, "Show, don't tell." The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just show you -- they make you feel it, live it, taste it, touch it. Storytelling is about being in the moment with the characters.

You were the first in every way that counted.

How did people get over this? They obviously did. Every day someone fell in love with the wrong person and had to pack up all their fragile, misguided hopes and unwanted affection, and move on to the next picnic table.

Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself.

I’m never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face?

To find them all in one package...well, perhaps better not to dwell on his package in my fragile state.