Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing off. I've written to inches, word-counts, page-counts, even the sonnet and the screenplay (which I call a plot poem). I write narrative. That's it. I just want to tell it.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

I've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it.

Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.

Beauty, you can find it here if you look hard enough.