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

Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.

Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure.

You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make.

The fact is there are many women who nod politely, even agree openly within their male-dominated often highly educated cultures, but vote their own minds.

I don't have a favorite. I need different genres at different times.

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.