The relationship I have with my characters is complicated.

In school the red pen was a moat; it needed to be breached; and so it was...

Writing is like building a house with bricks; you can set your story up anyway you want, one word at a time, and finally when you’re done you invite someone in.

Let it be known, I am a fan of the comma; it gives cadence to my witting. Those who disagree are in their usual hurried state…not giving pause where a breath is due.

That feeling you get after you’ve just published your book and sense something should happen; and you wake up the next day, and the next, and that feeling of expectation is still there. That’s when you realize you have the patience of Job and lots more paper to fill…

Authors are akin to caterpillars; they wrap themselves in a cocoon and emerge with a butterfly or sometimes with a moth...

Warning...well-loved stories are habit forming...

Let it be known I am a fan of the comma; it gives cadence to my writing. Those who disagree are in their usual hurried state…not giving pause where a breath is due.

Punctuation marks are well-mannered symbols that lead us around like a faithful butler; remove them, and we dance free form ...