But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.
Happiness is a talent like any other. It's another art form. Some people are good at it, some people aren't.
I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.
A good novel editor is invisible.
Once upon a time fairy tales were told to audiences of young and old alike. It is only in the last century that such tales were deemed fit only for small children, stripped of much of their original complexity, sensuality, and power to frighten and delight.
I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.