In The Years Since, I've

...maybe The World Needs A Cadre Of Smartasses To Liven Things Up, Who Knows?

I Write About Things That Scare Me. I've Never Written A Snake Story In My Life. I Myself Have Never Written A Story About Snakes Because They Don't Scare Me. I Write About Rats Because They Scare The Hell Out Of Me.

Some Of This Book—perhaps Too Much—has Been About How I Learned To Do It. Much Of It Has Been About How You Can Do It Better. The Rest Of It—and Perhaps The Best Of It—is A Permission Slip: You Can, You Should, And If You're Brave Enough To Start, You Will. Writing Is Magic, As Much The Water Of Life As Any Other Creative Art. The Water Is Free. So Drink. Drink And Be Filled Up.

Rewrite Formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft - 10%.

The World Was The Overlook Hotel, Where The Party Never Ended. Where The Dead Were Alive Forever.