Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published.

Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain.

That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.

Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give is the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.

You may have heard of me.

Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.

I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves.