I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better; what should I cut out to make it stronger; what do I need to do to clarify it; and finally, what should I reposition.

The point is this: that the stream of memory may lead you to the river of understanding. And understanding, in turn, may be a tributary to the river of forgiveness.

I grew up in a household of women, they ran the show, they kept it all together. I credit my ability to write in female voices, as well as male, with having grown up with older sisters in a neighborhood largely populated by girls.

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.

I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.