The Opposite Of Fear," Dienekes Said, "is

When You're A Working Writer, Sooner Or Later Friends And Acquaintances Will Get You Alone And Confide That They, Too, Have A Book In Them.

The Last Element In Drama Is High Stakes. War, Of Course, Is Life And Death - Survival, Not Only For The Story's Characters, But Often For The Society Itself. That's Why I'm Drawn To Stories That Are Built Around Wars, Even If They're Not Technically "war Stories."

F@*# Self-doubt. I Despise It. I Hold It In Contempt, Along With The Hell-spawned Ooze-pit Of Resistance From Which It Crawled. I Will Never Back Off. I Will Never Give The Work Anything Less Than 100%. If I Go Down In Flames, So Be It. I'll Be Back.

Of Any Activity You Do, Ask Yourself: If I Were The Last Person On Earth, Would I Still Do It?

Nothing Is As Empowering As Real-world Validation, Even If It's For Failure.