In My Experience, Ghosts Are Made Up

I'd Known That The Visit Would Be Highly Scripted And That Genuine Interactions With Citizens Wouldn't Be Possible, Since It's Illegal For Them To Speak With Foreigners. Still, I'd Thought I'd Had A Unique Look At North Korea, Only To Discover I Was Wrong.

Writing Is Hard Work, And If Anything's True About The Process, It's That Fact That A Good Story Is Hard To Find And Even Trickier To Get On Paper. What's Less Romantic Than Staring Alone At A Blank Screen? And Edgy? I've Changed The Cat Little Because I Didn't Know What My Characters Were Going To Say Next.

The Darkness Inside Your Head Is Something Your Imagination Fills With Stories That Have Nothing To Do With The Real Darkness Around You.

But People Do Things To Survive, And Then After They Survive, They Can't Live With What They've Done.

Had She Never Been Hungry Enough To Eat A Flower? Did She Not Know That You Could Eat Daisies, Daylilies, Pansies, And Marigolds? That Hungry Enough, A Person Could Consume The Bright Faces Of Violas, Even The Stems Of Dandelions And The Bitter Hips Of Roses?