An experience of trauma—either long-term or instantaneous—rocks us out of our familiar relationship with words.
'Beacons' was more autobiographical than most of the fiction I do.
You really have to swim down into yourself when you’re writing, which is why people confuse it all with mental illness.
I’ve learned to live among the blooming trees, Sunday church traffic, and love of bacon.
If you’re stocking the shelves of your survival shelter, don’t forget to throw in a few gripping novels.