We're All Connected By The System, And

I Really Like Visiting Schools, But What I Tell Students Isn't Anywhere Near As Interesting To Me As What They Tell Me.

One Might Expect That The Families Of Murder Victims Would Be Showered With Sympathy And Support, Embraced By Their Communities. But In Reality They Are Far More Likely To Feel Isolated, Fearful, And Ashamed, Overwhelmed By Grief And Guilt, Angry At The Criminal-justice System, And Shunned By Their Old Friends.

I Find That One Of The Most Important Things, As A Writer, Is To Just Show Up - To Just Stay In The Chair And Fight Through The Difficult Patches. As Long As You're At The Desk, And You're Willing To Fight It Out, Eventually The Right Words Will Come.

Point Of View Is Present In Anything I Write, But I Really Try To Let The Subject And Facts Speak For Themselves.

Basically, I'm A Perpetual Student. I Start By Finding A Subject I Really Don't Know Very Much, But That I'm Curious About. I Learn About It Through Books In A Library, By Doing Interviews With People Who Know A Lot About The Subject, And By Going Out On My Own And Seeing For Myself What's Happening.