What I write about comes to me - before or after my writing. What is this? Is it some kind of alchemy?

I don't choose my characters, rather, they come to me. Books choose their authors, at least that's what I believe ...

Passion is creativity on fire

With Writing, You Lose Yourself, Find Yourself, and Become Someone Else. Writing Changes The Writer and The Reader. It Goes to The Core of Your Being, Challenges Your Pre-Suppositions. It Leaves You Satisfied, and Unsatisfied.

As he spoke these words, a giant wave, just like the one in Katsushika Hokusai’s, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” rippled in below the lofty ledge.Chaiya saw a thousand images in a second.“Brothers!” he shouted.“Brothers! Brothers! Brothers!…”His voice echoed and vibrated through their hearts.They were all wide awake.“The presence in the cave will swallow us up,” Chaiya thought.

Good writers always have a strong sense of who they are and who they are not. Like actors, their boundaries are strong, and fluid. They have a deep understanding of the human condition, and an empathy that is not so diffuse that it is diluted.

As a child, I was fascinated by construction sites. Later, I worked on them, selling houses. I love the whole idea of building in the literal, and the metaphorical sense. Good writers are good architects and builders - it's all about structure.