Culture Clash Is Terrific Drama.

For Success, The Author Must Make The Reader Care About The Destiny Of The Principals, And Sustain This Anxiety, Or Suspense, For About 100,000 Words.

Without Books I Would Not Have Become A Vivacious Reader, And If You Are Not A Reader You Are Not A Writer.

The Research Is The Easiest. The Outline Is The Most Fun. The First Draft Is The Hardest, Because Every Word Of The Outline Has To Be Fleshed Out. The Rewrite Is Very Satisfying.

President Wilson Says A Leader Must Treat Public Opinion The Way A Sailor Deals With The Wind, Using It To Blow The Ship In One Direction Or Another, But Never Trying To Go Directly Against It.

I Enjoy Learning Technical Details.