. . . Nobody Every Taught You

The Death Of Dictator Kim Jong-il Has Cast All Eyes On North Korea, A Country Without Literature Or Freedom Or Truth.

But, In North Korea, It's Just The Opposite. There's One Story. It's Written By The Kim Regime. And 23 Million People Are Conscripted To Be Secondary Characters. There, As A Youth, Your Aptitude Towards Certain Jobs Is Measured, And The Rest Of Your Life Is Dictated, Whether You'll Be A Fisherman Or A Farmer Or An Opera Singer.

What Good's A Captive Without Her Captor?

But People Do Things To Survive, And Then After They Survive, They Can't Live With What They've Done.

Writing Is Hard Work, And If Anything's True About The Process, It's That Fact That A Good Story Is Hard To Find And Even Trickier To Get On Paper. What's Less Romantic Than Staring Alone At A Blank Screen? And Edgy? I've Changed The Cat Little Because I Didn't Know What My Characters Were Going To Say Next.