I Would Not Send A First Story

Being A Writer Means Taking The Leap From Listening To Saying 'listen To Me'.

The First Sentence Of A Book Is A Handshake, Perhaps An Embrace. Style And Personality Are Irrelevant. They Can Be Formal Or Casual. They Can Be Tall Or Short Or Fat Or Thin. They Can Obey The Rules Or Break Them. But They Need To Contain A Charge. A Live Current, Which Shocks And Illuminates.

With Children The Clock Is Reset. We Forget What Came Before

Writing Is One Of The Most Assertive Things A Person Can Do.

It Interests Me To Imagine Characters Shifting From One Situation And One Location To Another For Whatever The Circumstances May Be.