The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community - by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.

I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.

Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.

It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.