Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader.

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

I like the fact that second person puts the reader in the story. It makes them, whether they like it or not, complicit in the action.

I don't teach narrative theory by itself anymore, but I kind of use it when critiquing student manuscripts. So, it works its way in there, whether I like it or not.

Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader.

I have an MFA in writing. It is debatable if they are right for everyone, but I had a mentor who really changed my life, so it worked for me.

You can't hide behind the guise of fiction. No matter how autobiographical a fictional scene is, you can always tell the reader - in protecting yourself - that you made it up.