Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking and screaming?

Good books are for consideration after, too.

A product is something made in a factory; a brand is something that is bought by the customer. A product can be copied by a competitor; a brand is unique. A product can be quickly outdated; a successful brand is timeless.

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness.

And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.