I'm Dense When It Comes To Discouragement.

Im Always Trolling For Trivia.

Short-story Writing Requires An Exquisite Sense Of Balance. Novelists, Frankly, Can Get Away With More. A Novel Can Have A Dull Spot Or Two, Because The Reader Has Made A Different Commitment.

Neophyte Writers Tend To Believe That There Is Something Magical About Ideas And That If They Can Just Get A Hold Of A Good One, Then Their Futures Are Ensured.

I Think My Prose Reads As If English Were My Second Language. By The Time I Get To The End Of A Paragraph, I'm Dodging Bullets And Gasping For Breath.

It Took Me About 12 Years To Reach My Million-word Mark. The Challenge Now Is To Continue To Challenge Myself.