We Are Constantly Being Put To The

Let Me Tell You Something You Haven't Learned Yet, Something You Learn Only By Living Awhile. As You Get Older, You Find That Life Begins To Wear You Down. Doesn't Matter Who You Are Or What You Do, It Happens. Experience, Time, Events - They All Conspire Against You To Steal Away Your Energy, To Erode Your Confidence, To Make You Question Things You Wouldn't Have Given A Second Thought To When You Were Young. It Happens Gradually, A Chipping Away That You Don't Even Notice At First, And Then One Day It's There. You Wake Up And You Just Don't Have The Fire Anymore." He Smiled.

Testing Of Self Is A Regular Part Of Our Own Lives, So It Seems Natural To Make It A Part Of The Lives Of My Characters, As Well, Albeit On A Much Different Level.

Who Would You Be But Who You Are?

Genocide Is Like A Dessert. It Is Made Of The Flesh And Bones Of Woman And Children, It Is Sweetened With The Blood Of The Innocent, And It Is Baked In The Ovens Of Auschwitz. There Were Truths To Be Learnt And There Was Wisdom To Be Gained... But There Was A Price To To Be Paid As Well. You Could Not Brush Up Against The Future And Escape Unscathed. You Could Not See Into The Forbidden And Avoid Damage To Your Sight.

Writing Fantasy Lets Me Imagine A Great Deal More Than, Say, Writing About Alligators, And Lets Me Write About Places More Distant Than Florida, But I Can Tell You Things About Florida And Alligators, Let You Make The Connection All On Your Own.