I'm Not The Guy To Ask About

I Do Think That Just About Whenever I Am Writing, Or More Accurately, Whenever I Have Written, I Feel Better And More At Peace As A Human Being. That Doesn't Mean, Unfortunately, That The Literary Product Is Any Good.

The Idea To Make Hotel Reviews The Form Of The Novel Came First. So I Just Started Writing Hotel Reviews And Tried To Come Up With A Consistent Voice.

The Great Recession Is Not Imaginary, And The Effects Loom Large. There Was An Article In The Nyt About The Galloping Death Rate Among White Men In Middle Age. Higher Than Among Any Other Demographic, Etc. Mostly Death By Drugs, Alcohol, Or Suicide. Many Of Them Rural. My Feeling Is That It's Many People Who Haven't Been Able To Get Back Into The Work Force. Reg Morse Is An Example Of The Problem.

I Believe That God Locates Himself At The Spot Where You Recognize Your Own Fallibility....and The Paradox Of It All Has Been That Whenever I Give Up I Seem To Do Better.

So While It Is True That I Find Really Dark Stuff Funny Sometimes, It's Also True That As A Writer Of Books I Want To Have The Whole Range Of Human Emotions.