We All Have A Monster Within; The

When I'm Writing Fiction I'm Thinking, God, This Is So Hard - I Have To Make All This Stuff Up! I Wish I Were Writing A Nonfiction Book Where All The Facts Are Laid Out And I Don't Have To Be So Much At Sea.

One Can Reach The Gates Of Hell Just As Easily By Short Steps As By Large.

Pirate Hunters Is A Fantastic Book, An Utterly Engrossing And Satisfying Read. It Tells The Story Of The Hunt For The Rare Wreck Of A Pirate Ship, Which Had Been Captained By One Of The Most Remarkable Pirates In History. This Is A Real-life Treasure Island, Complete With Swashbuckling, Half-crazy Treasure Hunters And Vivid Caribbean Settings-a Story For The Ages.

You Think Of Yourself As An "individual Person", With A Unique And Separate Mind. You Think You Are Born And You Think You Die. All Your Life You Feel Separate And Alone. Sometimes Desperately So. You Fear Death Because You Fear The Loss Of Individuality. All This Is An Illusion. You, He, She, Those Things Around You Living Or Not, The Stars And Galaxies, The Empty Space In Between- These Are Not Distinct, Separate Objects. All Is Fundamentally Entangled.

I Need To Write In A Small Room - The Smaller The Better. I Can't Write In A Big Room Where Someone Might Sneak Up Behind My Back.