There's A Lot Of Effort Expended Once

Plot Was Always Secondary In My Mind.

For Me, The Process Of Writing A Novel Happens Mostly In Your Head Before You Actually Start Writing.

I've Been Reading Peter Straub Since I Was A Teenager, And His Work Is Hardwired Into My Brain. A Dark Matter Contains Echoes Of All That Has Been Great About Straub's Previous Work And Builds Upon It. This Rashomon-like Tale Is As Spooky And Frightening As Anything He Has Written, But It's Also An Intense And Moving Celebration Of Love. Out Of The Darkness Comes, Ultimately, A Surprising And Haunting Sense Of Joy.

In The End, There Probably Isn't Much Difference Between Being In Love And Acting Like You're In Love.

Our Sense Of Self Is A Kind Of Construct. It Is In Some Ways Like A Novel, And It's Like A Fabric Of Fictions That We Patch Together From Memory.