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My Suspicion Is That This Is An Unavoidable Human Dilemma, That People Will Always Want To Avoid Pain, To Avoid Those Who Are In Pain, And So Will Be Vulnerable To Anyone Or Anything That Seems To Promise Permanent Avoidance.

I Am Excited By... The New Novel By Samantha Hunt. She's A Writer I Really Admire A Lot.

I Suppose I Should Say That I Treasure Blasphemy, As A Faith Of The Highest Order.

I Had A Talk With The President Of My Publisher, And He Averred That E-books Are Dropping Off . So I Wonder If The Potential Advantages Are Really Going To Happen As Quickly As They Ought.

I Suppose That The Sympathetic/unsympathetic Debate About Characters Sometimes Feels To Me Like A Misstatement Of Purpose. I Always Think Of Truly Complex Characters Are Falling Between The Cracks In That Debate.