Suspension of Disbelief

Read Something Else

"The reader is free to stop reading, to close the book, to not buy the book.  That reader's frustrations are entirely valid, and that reader should read something else.  I just put it out there, and it is what it is."

wasted a lot of years

"I wasted a lot of years writing short stories when I clearly should have been writing novels because that’s what I loved."

It's a World of Opportunity

"It's just never been a better time to be a writer.  It's a world of opportunity.  You can do whatever you want.  You can do it however you want.  It's magical to [say], 'You know what?  I'm going to write a new adult series'—and then write it.  It's amazing.  I don't have to convince anyone, I don't have to sell anyone on it.  I don't have to run it by an agent or a publisher.  I'll just do it."

The Joy of Writing

"The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to year."

The Backbone of a Novel