If You Want To Study Writing, Read

If You Want To Study Writing, Read Dickens

I Took Five Years On The First Volume, Five Years On The Second Volume, And Ten Years On The Third Volume.

My Second Book, Follow Me Down Had Some Success, Got Good Critical Notices, Went Into A Second Printing And Things Like That, But Shiloh Was By Far The Most Successful Of Those First Five Novels.

Generally The First Week In September Brings The Hottest Weather Of The Year, And This Was No Exception. Overhead The Fans Turned Slow, Their Paddle Blades Stirring The Air Up Close To The Ceiling But Nowheres Else.

I Abhor The Idea Of A Perfect World. It Would Bore Me To Tears.