Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc - it's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.
Talent is a valued tormentor.
I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.
If you can't be friends with a lover, then forget it. It's not going to work.
It's redundant to die in Los Angeles.
Writing in the first person automatically gives you a point of view.