You're A Beautiful Drunk, Daughter. But You're

You're...writing For Other Writers To An Extent-the Dead Writers Whose Work You Admire, As Well As The Living Writers You Like To Read.

I Am Too Nervous To Eat Pie.

There's Literary Creation And Literary Business. When I First Got Something Accepted, It Gave My Life A Validation It Didn't Otherwise Have.

Get In, Get Out. Don't Linger. Go On.

My Circumstances Of Unrelieved Responsibility And Permanent Distraction Necessitated The Short Story Form.