Fail Big If You Have To, But

I Want To Live! Not Die, Not Hide, Live!

Nothing Was More Valuable Than The Printed Word.

...even The Most Independent People Sometimes Needed Help. And If I'd Learned Nothing Else From My Life Thus Far, It Was That You Don't Always End Up Where You Think You're Going.

Generally I Finish A First Draft In 2-6 Months, Then I Set It Aside For A While So That When I Come Back To It I Can Read It With Fresh Eyes And Figure Out How To Improve It.

A Thousand Times Today I've Started To Open My Mouth, Started To Squeak Out, "can You Tell Me...? But Then I'd Look Into The Front Seat, At My Mother's Silent Shaking, My Father's Grim Profile, The Mournful Bags Under His Eyes, And All The Questions I Might Ask Seemed Abusive. Assault And Battery, A Question Mark Used Like A Club. My Parents Are Old And Fragile. I'd Have To Heartless To Want To Hurt Them.