Offer New Questions

We Are the Accumulation of Words

The Story You Never Wrote

"An abandoned story at page one or page 356 has the same value as a story you never wrote in the first place."

We Want Answers

"The author writes to explain his world and the reader reads for the same purpose. We don't want to see our stories reflected back because we're like preening peacocks: we want answers. We want truth that relates to us, that speaks directly to who we are and what we want and all the things that block us from our path."

Darkness Is Meaningless

"If your story fails to have even the tiniest glimmer of fun in it, I must politely eject. Even the darkest and most nihilistic tales need that little starburst of fun or humor—not only to break up the darkness but also to serve as contrast to the darkness. The darkness is meaningless if we don't have any light for comparison."

Exposure Cannot Be Measured

"If you do care about having a go at this writing thing as a proper career, do not write for exposure. Exposure cannot be measured, and you might as well write for any number of invisible things: the dreams of sleeping kittens, perhaps, or mystical unicorn turds. You should always be getting something measurable for your writing."