Just Write About What Bites

Krakow Is One Of My Favorite Places On Earth. It Is A Medieval City Full Of Young People. A Wonderful, Striking Combination.

Although Our Emotions Sometimes Behave Like Spoiled, Selfish Children, Unfortunately We Cannot Send Them To Their Room Or Tell Them To Stop Screaming.

There's Almost Always A Point In A Book Where Something Happens That Triggers The Rest Of The Plot.

A Short Story Is A Sprint, A Novel Is A Marathon. Sprinters Have Seconds To Get From Here To There And Then They Are Finished. Marathoners Have To Carefully Pace Themselves So That They Don't Run Out Of Energy (or In The Case Of The Novelist-- Ideas) Because They Have So Far To Run. To Mix The Metaphor, Writing A Short Story Is Like Having A Short Intense Affair, Whereas Writing A Novel Is Like A Long Rich Marriage.

You Have To Walk Carefully In The Beginning Of Love; The Running Across Fields Into Your Lover's Arms Can Only Come Later When You're Sure They Won't Laugh If You Trip.