For me, all writing -- storytelling and style -- gets back to the Bible, Twain and Hemingway, and not in that order.

Storytelling? God started that. Discovery. Lust. Murder. Revenge. Power. Sin. Redemption. Forgiveness. Miracles. We simply retell the stories in the language of our generation.

Writing is easy. Writing is hard. It's a breeze and a struggle, just like life.

Writing a novel is like traveling the universe on foot.

What fascinates me about writing is wrestling thought into reality and creating a new world that is forever.