Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.

It's better to be loved than feared, but if you can't be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli

I will go to my grave seeing the look on your face at the last. Keep it up and you'll go sooner than later.

It has been my experience that women tell more intimate details to their friends than men do. Men may brag more, but women will talk the nitty-gritty and share the experience more.

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

Tell that to the BTK killer,” I said. “He was a churchgoer, raised two kids, married, and resisted the urge to kill for decades. He was a person, but he was a monster, too