I'm Not Trying To Be

I Used To Get A Lot Of Letters From Prisoners. It Used To Get On My Nerves. Especially Family Members. Everybody's Innocent.

Cruising The Internet Doesn't Count As Writing. Neither Does Answering E-mail. Before You Check Twitter & Fb And Do Other Similar Tasks That Get In The Way Of Writing, Write First. (i Really Need To Take My Own Advice Here!)

I Would Like To Think That As A Result Of Not Just My Own Experiences, But At Least Being Empathetic And Compassionate About Other People's Experiences And Plights And Tragedies, That I Am Affected By It And Learn From It.

Writing Is My Shelter. I Don't Hide Behind The Words; I Use Them To Dig Inside My Heart To Find The Truth.

I Like To Think Of What Happens To Characters In Good Novels And Stories As Knots--things Keep Knotting Up. And By The End Of The Story--readers See An Unknotting Of Sorts. Not What You Expect, Not The Easy Answers You Get On Tv, Not Wash And Wear Philosophies, But A Reproduction Of Believable, Emotional Experiences.