After I'd Been A Lawyer

I'm Alone And Outgunned, Scared And Inexperienced, But I'm Right.

Jesus Preached More And Taught More About Helping The Poor And The Sick And The Hungry Than He Did About Heaven And Hell. Shouldn't That Tell Us Something?

I Was On The Verge Of Tears, So I Turned And Ran Past The Trailer And Along The Field Road Until I Was Safely Out Of Their Sight. Then I Ducked Into The Cotton And Waited For Friendly Voices. I Sat On The Hot Ground, Surrounded By Stalks Four Feet Tall, And I Cried, Something I Really Hated To Do.

I Earned My First Steady Paycheck Watering Rose Bushes At A Nursery For A Dollar An Hour.

I Don't Start A Novel Until I Have Lived With The Story For Awhile To The Point Of Actually Writing An Outline And After A Number Of Books I've Learned That The More Time I Spend On The Outline The Easier The Book Is To Write. And If I Cheat On The Outline I Get In Trouble With The Book.