Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.

I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in that community. Because writing--and reading--is a solitary business. And it__ good to know I__ not alone.

If words come alive on the page, the writer succeeds in connecting to the reader.

There was a day when writers actually read," he grumbles. "They could quote Keats and Socrates. Now anyone with a keyboard and a fifth-grade education can call themselves a writer.

I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.

Sometimes I wonder if novel writers aren__ completely f**ked in the head. ~ Drew Stirling