It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.

That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.

I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.

Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.

The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't mean you know anything about marketing. Or layout. Or editing. Or publicity. Or selling your books for foreign markets.Everyone can point to a few examples of people that have done very well for themselves self-publishing. But honestly, those folks are lucky as lottery winners.