My Stories Are Character Driven.

People Like To Run Their Mouths.

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.

Folks Want To Glow, To Leave Their Worries And Dead Skin Behind.

Let Me Put It This Way: When I Read, I Learned The World Was Not As Small As My House. And That Everybody In My Home Town Was Not Representative Of The Way People In The World Were Raised. And That Was What Saved Me.

As A Writer, You Get To Bring Attention To Something Without Preaching. I Don't Believe In Being Didactic. So If You Dramatize Something, You Automatically Bring Attention To It If People Read It.