Fear Is A Fire To Temper Courage

She Has Her Gown Nicely In Place Tonight, Doesn't She? Black Velvet And Sparkles, Not A Thread Left Hanging. Clever Girl, This City. Even The Sky Is Her Friend.

I Want You, As A Reader, To Experience What I Experience, To Let That Other World, That Imaginary World That I Have Created, Tell You Things About The Real World.

On The Other Hand, I Still Approach Each Book With The Same Basic Plan In Mind - To Put Some People Under Severe Stress And See How They Hold Up.

You Spend So Much Time Wondering Who You Are, Don't You Think? You Flounder About, Searching For Your Identity, When Most Of The Time It Is Plain As The Nose On Your Face. You Struggle With Questions Of Purpose And Need, And Forget That The Answers Are Found Mostly Inside Yourselves.

This Is For Writers Yet To Be Published Who Think The Uphill Climb Will Never End. Keep Believing. This Is Also For Published Writers Grown Jaded By The Process. Remember How Lucky You Are.