It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb without it changing you, and everyone who was waiting for you to come out.

The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

Try a little tenderness.

he's a story i want to know from page one

I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion.

I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.

Sometimes rescue comes to you. It just shows up, and you do nothing. Maybe you deserve it, maybe you don't. But be ready, when it comes, to decide if you will take the outstretched hand and let it pull you ashore.