When I Was A Kid, We Had

Growing Up, I Didn't Have A Lot Of Toys, And Personal Entertainment Depended On Individual Ingenuity And Imagination - Think Up A Story And Go Live It For An Afternoon.

Nothing Is Lost That We Do Not First See As Lost. Visions Born Of Fear Give Birth To Our Failing. Visions Born Of Hope Give Birth To Our Success. What Is Possible Lives Within Us, And It Only Remains For Us To Discover It.

A World In Which Elves Exist And Magic Works Offers Greater Opportunities To Digress And Explore.

Let Me Tell You Something You Haven't Learned Yet, Something You Learn Only By Living Awhile. As You Get Older, You Find That Life Begins To Wear You Down. Doesn't Matter Who You Are Or What You Do, It Happens. Experience, Time, Events - They All Conspire Against You To Steal Away Your Energy, To Erode Your Confidence, To Make You Question Things You Wouldn't Have Given A Second Thought To When You Were Young. It Happens Gradually, A Chipping Away That You Don't Even Notice At First, And Then One Day It's There. You Wake Up And You Just Don't Have The Fire Anymore." He Smiled.

If Anything In Your Life Is More Important Than Writing - Anything At All - You Should Walk Away Now While You Still Can. Forewarned Is Forearmed. For Those Who Cannot Or Will Not Walk Away, You Need Only To Remember This. Writing Is Life. Breathe Deeply Of It.