If Arrogance Were Shoes, He'd Never Go

Gran, For The Gods' Love, It's Talk Like Yours That Starts Riots!" I Said Keeping My Voice Down. "will You Just Put A Stopper In It?" She Looked At Me And Sighed. "girl, Do You Ever Take A Breath And Wonder If Folk Don't Put Out Bait For You? To See If You'll Bite? You'll Never Get A Man If You Don't Relax." My Dear Old Gran. It's A Wonder Her Children Aren't Every One Of Them As Mad As Priests, If She Mangles Their Wits As She Mangles Mine. "granny, "i Told Her, "this Is Dead Serious. I Can't Relax, No More Than Any Dog. I'm Not Shopping For A Man. That's The Last Thing I Need.

You Know Something? There Are Sandstorms That Strip Man And Horse And Bury Them — I've Seen Them. I Saw Bones Piled Higher Than My Head For The Folly Of A Bad King And Those Who Wanted His Throne. I Lived Through A Blizzard That Froze Every Other Living Creature Solid. Against Those Things, You're Only A Man. I Can Deal With You.

Most Important Of All, There Is No Right Or Wrong Way To Write - There's Only What Works For You. I Was Taught To Write Every Day, But I Know A Writer (a Bestseller At That!) Who Only Writes On Weekends.

What Happens To Each Of My Female Heroes, Certainly, Is They Find Something Bigger Than Themselves That They Are Honored To Serve. It's Not Giving Up Your Family.

Sweetheart, Never Listen To What My Enemies Say. They're Very Confused People. I Know They Are Because I've Spent Years Making Them That Way.